Warren Till Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 There's nothing like a good blast to work early in the morning to wake you up and get the blood racing......... except when the throttle sticks wide open while accelerating onto a large roundabout. Now that really gets the heart pumping and your r's clenching!! Banging the pedal freed off the throttle and everything "eventually" calmed down and I pootled the rest of way to work. When I got home later (I've never driven so sensibly) I checked out the linkage and cable, all seemed free and functioning nicely. A bit of head scratching later I decided to remove the carpet and found several small stones rattling around the pedal assembly. One had lodged between the floor and throttle pedal!! I guess that's a good reason to: A: Hoover the car out more often B: Brush off the bottom of my shoes as I get in the car (racing driver stylie) C: Tarmac over my gravel driveway! Has anyone else suffered annoying, silly but potentially health threatening things like this? Quote
Mark Stanton Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Heard and seen it quite a few times sometimes drilling a hole in floor not only allows rainwater to drain away but also small stones to drop through Quote
samcooke Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Personally, I have never suffered from a stuck throttle and anyone who says otherwise should be treated with extreme suspicion. Quote
JeffC Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 not throtle related but I was at Croft last year and hossing down the pit straight i noticed my steering wheel felt loose , it dawned on me I forgot to tighten the big nut after I had had the dash out to clarify this was the case and to this day I dunno why the f*** I did it but I pulled on the wheel while doing over 100mph going into the bottom corner and yep off it came absolutley bricked myself managed to get it back on, noticed I had all over a sudden got very hot and my testicles were tight against my body trying to go internal Quote
pistonbroke Posted June 30, 2008 Posted June 30, 2008 Mine jammed wide open going into the Mallory hairpin . A piece of filter sock had come loose and jammed the butterfly's wide open . quite a fright Thought I had it all on video but arriving back in the paddock realised I still had the lens cap on The sound track was interesting though Quote
Norman Verona Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 Whitfield Street runs parallel with Tottenham Court Road. I was testing a Jensen Interceptor crossing Maple St. (towards Oxford St,) when the throttle stuck wide open. I went across the next junction flat out. Fortunatley no one crossed my path. That was getting on for 40 years ago but I remember it like it was yesterday. Quote
pistonbroke Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 I'm glad my Westie hasn't got a carpet! AKAIK It was only a problem on early type floor mounted peds , the later ones ( like mine ) were modified to stop the problem . The cure for earlier types was as said to drill a stone sized hole in the footwell close by the pedal base . But I'm sure some expert will come by and correct me Quote
fatbaldbloke Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 I reckon Bedfordshire Council must have just realised they hadn't spent their gravel budget for the year and may risk losing it in the future as over the last few weeks they have covered every single road several inches deep in new gravel. In the bit of fine weather we've had just recently I've been using the Westie to work and I've collected enough gravel in the footwell to re-lay the drive to my house. Oh, but no wheel arches left... Quote
Blatman Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 Personally, I have never suffered from a stuck throttle and anyone who says otherwise should be treated with extreme suspicion. Quote
Jace Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 No throttle problems but when I got my very first car (MK 2 Escort) I somehow managed to get my shoelace wrapped around the cluctch pedal and couldn't get my foot on the brake! Luckily I was only going slowly and cruised gently into the back of a Fiat Panda! No damage done to either car but felt like a complete t*t afterwards! Quote
fatbaldbloke Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 Quite a few years ago I went to an I.Mech.E presentation by Tony Rudd, ex BRM and Lotus, and he told the wonderful story of how, when testing one of the early Lotus GP cars the driver was complaining about some characteristic under braking so Tony decided he would drive the car to find out more. To save time he didn't bother with the seat belt, accelerated towards the first corner and applied the brakes, as the car slowed he slid forwards with nothing other than the brake pedal to stop him, had nothing to react against so couldn't take his foot off the pedal and came to a complete stop at the start of the turn. Quote
Norman Verona Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 The Ford Thames 15cwt van had the streering coloumn coming up between brake and clutch pedal. If you wear big boots your foot will not lift straight up as it gets cuagght between coloumn and underside of pedal. Of course, I did this as the van rolled slowly towards a partition wall in the garage. My 16 year old attempts to chat up one of the secretaries came to a shuddering halt in the same way the van did as it demolished the wall of her office. Quote
Lurksalot Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 I Have to go on the list , Ive had it happen a couple of times at oulton ,again it was put down to stones in the footwell, not a pleasant experience Personally, I have never suffered from a stuck throttle and anyone who says otherwise should be treated with extreme suspicion. But I won't be the one to say Sam has ever suffered from a stuck throttle Quote
oldman Posted July 1, 2008 Posted July 1, 2008 k****l!It used t'happen t'me all the time till I got a pair of karting boots that didn't pick up the stones.k****l!I got stoned nearly every neet before that Quote
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