SixFoFalcon
Well-Known Member
- Joined
- Jun 27, 2008
- Messages
- 135
- Vehicle Year
- 1999
- Transmission
- Automatic
I just bought a '99 Ranger 4x2 on Friday and I'm going through the usual maintenance stuff that I do when I get a used vehicle (fluid changes, filters, ignition tune-up, etc.) and getting familiar with the truck. The first thing I noticed when I test-drove the truck was that the gas pedal sat very low to the floor and it felt like flooring it wasn't really getting full throttle to the engine.
So I assumed something was up with the throttle cable/linkage and I could just adjust it. But when I checked both ends of the cable, I saw that there isn't much adjustment that can be done. Does this mean the throttle cable has actually stretched over time from use/abuse? This seems very unlikely but I can't seem to pinpoint any other reason why there would be so much slack in the cable.
From searching around here and on other forums, I found that it's not an uncommon condition, and I was able to use the "zip tie" fix on the gas pedal end of the cable to take up the slack, so it's not a problem any more. But still I'm curious as to how this has happened on my truck and so many others. Any ideas?
So I assumed something was up with the throttle cable/linkage and I could just adjust it. But when I checked both ends of the cable, I saw that there isn't much adjustment that can be done. Does this mean the throttle cable has actually stretched over time from use/abuse? This seems very unlikely but I can't seem to pinpoint any other reason why there would be so much slack in the cable.
From searching around here and on other forums, I found that it's not an uncommon condition, and I was able to use the "zip tie" fix on the gas pedal end of the cable to take up the slack, so it's not a problem any more. But still I'm curious as to how this has happened on my truck and so many others. Any ideas?