grumpychef
Post #1
Had a fab day out with the kids and soon to be ex wife yesterday at Alton towers. All was good on the way home untill we were pasing the junction where the M42 joins the M5. Then BANG! (no hard shoulder and lots of lanes merging) just cruising in the fast lane past the junction as dusk was falling; f*****g great i thought! what the hell was that? but i think i knew immediately! my foot hit the floor and i lost the throttle. on went the hazards and i negotiated my way to the hard shoulder! no wait it's motor way intersection there is no hard shoulder i just managed to get out of the way of a BIG lorry and stopped. wifey was unimpressed and kids obviously worried i got them to safety the other side of the barrier and took a look at what the problem could be. i knew it was the throttle cable but the question was .... had it snapped under the bonnet or what? i quickly found out it had become detached from the pedal phew! now then; should i wait for green flag as wifey was demanding of try and fix it! ten minutes later we were off again. so a big thanks to thug for telling me years ago to always have a pack of cable ties in the car as you never know when you will need them. i am no mechanic so i don't carry tools but was able to cobble it back together.
it was bloody fiddly to re-attach and taper up it appears a small plastic clip must have broken and the cable just let go.
mrs grumpy was not impressed and fretted and nagged all the way home but i was so glad to not have to wait for recovery; it was late enough already! i just didn't listen to her whining "i'm not happy about driving at 70 with a bit of sticky tape holding something together!" bloody women knows jack s**t!
moral of the storey.... don't take the ex wife out on afamily day out she will just do your head in! oh and always make sure you have some gaffer tape and a pack of cable ties in the car!
does the throttle cable have some sort of clip on the pedal end? i found a couple of white bits of plastic in the foot well but if anyone knows i would appreciate it and is going to be a case of new clip or new cable?
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Formally team BLAZE now Team bianca recuperating from multiple organ failure nicely!
items replaced so far, clutch, cambelt etc, radiator, exhaust, most of front running gear, wish bones, drop links, ball joints, track rod ends, bearings, brakes, calipers, discs, and pads, brake lines, front springs, brake balance compensator thingy, hand brake cable, throttle cable (twice), coil pack, door handle, windscreen, wipers, head lamps several sensors and bulbs
.rear beam new throttle cable, new battery. .......... yeah man, team money pit! but shes still rollin!
Posted 4th Aug 2012 at 13:09
as said I'd have dropped her at the side of the road 
I have a use in life. Obviously not you I heard through pub window in your village early evening then. 
