Gas pedal sticking?

[K2Biker0]

I recently purchased a 1993 ford ranger xlt with a 4.0 and 5 speed manual transmission. The guy who owned it before me said that the pedal sticks every once in a while, and it happened a couple days ago at the worst possible moment. I was just about to shift and had the clutch in...anyways i got some white grease and greased up the cable because thats what the previous owner said he had done. Im just wondering if there is any better way to fix this...?

[Wicked_Sludge]

use brake cleaner to remove the grease you just used, then lube the cable with a dry lubricant such as graphite powder.

liquid lubes such as oil or grease dry out and become gummy/sticky. dry lubes are already dry and so they cant dry out. they work well in cables, locks, hinges, and other low-pressure situations.

[K2Biker0]

alright thanks ill look into that. would a dirty throttle body also contribute to it? Its an older truck and i doubt that the previous owner would have gone through the trouble to clean it

[krugford]

I think that Ford had a TSB/Recall? on the 4.0L about a possible sticking throttle plate due to build up in the throttle body. I don't remember years/models, but I know their solution was to replace the throttle body with an updated one. I would say give it a good cleaning.

[Wicked_Sludge]

it wont hurt it to clean it. whether or not its part of the problem is hard to say...but gunky build up in the intake is never good.

[K2Biker0]

do you know of any good walkthroughs on cleaning the throttle body, it can never hurt to have enough information on stuff liek that

[Wicked_Sludge]

pretty straightforward. take it off, scrub it with carb cleaner and a brush, put it back on.

[Jspafford]

Does the pedal actually stick, or is the motor just revving on it's own?

I've had my 2.9 do that, but it wasn't actually the pedal sticking. It was the IAC sticking.

[roygpa]

I have a 1997 Ford Ranger that I just bought and the motor revs on it's own in between gears, mostly when down shifting but lately also when shifting up. It seems to be worse when I have the air conditioner running . Any ideas?

Thank you

Roy

[Wicked_Sludge]

start by cleaning the idle air control solenoid.

[roygpa]

A new Idle air control valve solved the problem.

Thanks

Roy