Jeff:
Check the battery/frame/engine ground. Make sure you don't have a
missing ground strap anywhere. If you lose ground to the engine, the
path the battery finds back to itself is through the throttle cable.
They can get sticky, or as happened to me, the throttle got sticky, then
the cable finally spot welded itself to the inside of the sheath and
that was that.
HTH
Paul Bauman
Westminster, CA
67 1600
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff and Lois Holder <loisandjeff@gmail.com>
To: datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
Subject: [Roadsters] Throttle sticks open
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:40:25 -0700
HI guys,
Thanks for the help with the voltage regulator. Everything is working now. But
I have another problem.
I took it out for its maiden drive a couple of days ago. I drove around for
several miles then stopped for gas. When I started going again, the gas peddle
was "heavy" and hard to smoothly accelerate. I took it out today several times
for short trips with no problems. I then drove it about ten miles and stop for
a bit. When I started up again, the gas pedal was heavy but this time the
throttle stuck open and wouldn't go back to idle.
My guess is that when I stopped the engine temperature rose and the linkage
expanded. Was I supposed to use a lubricant on the linkage? Any ideas.
Jeff Holder
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