Accelerator cable s3

[mikegor]

The inner throttle cable snapped today, fortunately the car was in the garage, the outer cable housing is fine.. Are replacements available or do we revert to adapting a universal cable ?
Mike

[phillpot]

Genuine Ford cables no longer available and as far as I know non of the "after market" suppliers made one?


Search around some old posts and you'll find various ways people have gotten around the problem.


One to get you started

[magpies]

the problem is there is no throttle peddle stop, so you apply strain to the cable end with your foot until it snaps.

there are a couple of ways of making a stop - there are threads on here.

I drilled a hole from the wheel-arch behind the peddle and fitted some threaded bar through til it hit the back of the peddle (in the fully down position) fitted nuts inside and out and cut the excess off in the wheel arch side.

[mikegor]

I've bodged the cable up for the time being, but I've found a supplier who has a good second hand one. He says as long as it's a Ford 2.9 EFI engine and a ford pedal box, then it will fit. It certainly looks similar. Anyone know if the S3 has a Ford pedal box ?
Mike

[phillpot]

It's not a Ford pedal box but original cable is standard Ford so guess should be ok?


A lot of cars that used the 2.9 engine ( i.e. Granada's) would have been automatics, cable may still work but will have a big "clumpy" switch thingy at the engine end instead of the threaded adjuster...............

Edited by phillpot on Tuesday 26th July 20:17

[mikegor]

I've just fitted a good second hand throttle cable from a Granada Scorpio 2.9EFI. It fitted real easy.
The cable is from an automatic car but doesn't seem to have any adjustment in it ?
It's a tad fast on tick over, and I would like to wind it down a bit, has anyone fitted one of these ?
Mike