Acc pedal stuck and was at 150mph
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..........on the M5 this afternoon. Put my foot down to the floor as I was on a nice dry straight, but christ was I in for a surprise. I got up to about 130 when my speed just keep on increasing, my acc pedal wouldn't come back. In the end I dipped the clutch (engine revving its balls off)and kept pressing the pedal with my foot and thankfully it returned!!!!!!!!! Any ideas??
t the life out of me Seriously. Your name, reg plate and location are available along with an unsolicited statement by yourself which appears to implicate yourself in an offence. One of the BiB on the Speed, plod and the law thread was disciplined at work for putting things on PH that they didn't agree with. Big brother may be watching so don't take the risk.
Hi
had this happened to me could be the inner cable getting stuck its because the way its routed through the bulkhead next to the master cylinder it fas a more or less a right angle and wears the inner cable out, mine eventualy snapped on the M25
luckly enough 200 yards before clackets lane services.
it also could be the washer rubbers getting stuck behind the return spring worth a look see.
good luck
Gary
had this happened to me could be the inner cable getting stuck its because the way its routed through the bulkhead next to the master cylinder it fas a more or less a right angle and wears the inner cable out, mine eventualy snapped on the M25
luckly enough 200 yards before clackets lane services. it also could be the washer rubbers getting stuck behind the return spring worth a look see.
good luck
Gary
harty said:
..........on the M5 this afternoon. Put my foot down to the floor as I was on a nice dry straight, but christ was I in for a surprise. I got up to about 130 when my speed just keep on increasing, my acc pedal wouldn't come back. In the end I dipped the clutch (engine revving its balls off)and kept pressing the pedal with my foot and thankfully it returned!!!!!!!!! Any ideas??
this has happened when i've been a passenger in a cerb, in a convoy of 5 at 160, 50p,5p my ring was going. never been so scared. we linked it to a missing return spring and some good old oil.
there were issue back in the day with one of TVR's mods on 4.2 or 4.5 can't remember which one that sent the cable through 90 degress, also assisted it getting stuck!
purpleheadedcerb said:
Seriously. Your name, reg plate and location are available along with an unsolicited statement by yourself which appears to implicate yourself in an offence. One of the BiB on the Speed, plod and the law thread was disciplined at work for putting things on PH that they didn't agree with. Big brother may be watching so don't take the risk.
O/T This is verging on paranoia if you don't mind me saying. Yes he has admitted to driving at 150mph on the M5 - his home address is not necessarily near where it happened. He is also correct that on 166 miles of M5 they'd be doing well to make the prosecution stick. I'll also admit to doing this at some time in the past, also on the M5.
There, my name is............
Back on topic, the return spring is a typical TVR lash up, one end on the throttle mechanism and the other through one of the airbox brackets. Stretches/comes off regularly apparently. Russian Roulette time!
Agree also, don't dip the clutch! Switch off ignition. Okay, no servo assistance, but you were on the motorway and not a twisty backroad, so in theory, easier to come to a controlled stop.
But on a dual carriageway or motorway you can usually coast to a halt at the side of the road. Steering's not great without the engine running either. But the biggest problem is that when you hit the button all the electrics go down, so you can't indicate that you're pulling off by using the left indicator. Although hitting the hazards would work.
Restarting the car afterwards is a bit hit 'n' miss too. It's not used to having the ignition shut off with the throttle wide open, and ends up a bit flooded.
Restarting the car afterwards is a bit hit 'n' miss too. It's not used to having the ignition shut off with the throttle wide open, and ends up a bit flooded.
I had this when I first got my one. Peddle stuck in the back of the crumpled up floor mat. Unfortunately I had the rear deflector off behoinfd the bonnet and couldn't find anything so rather than start it and risk blowing it up, I asked the RAC to come to my assistance, the first thing the man did was to look in the footwell at the accelerator.................."Could be this mate?"...........I felt such a plonker!
Tyre Smoke said:
Seriously. Your name, reg plate and location are available along with an unsolicited statement by yourself which appears to implicate yourself in an offence. One of the BiB on the Speed, plod and the law thread was disciplined at work for putting things on PH that they didn't agree with. Big brother may be watching so don't take the risk.
O/T This is verging on paranoia if you don't mind me saying. Yes he has admitted to driving at 150mph on the M5 - his home address is not necessarily near where it happened. He is also correct that on 166 miles of M5 they'd be doing well to make the prosecution stick. I'll also admit to doing this at some time in the past, also on the M5.
There, my name is............
Back on topic, the return spring is a typical TVR lash up, one end on the throttle mechanism and the other through one of the airbox brackets. Stretches/comes off regularly apparently. Russian Roulette time!
Agree also, don't dip the clutch! Switch off ignition. Okay, no servo assistance, but you were on the motorway and not a twisty backroad, so in theory, easier to come to a controlled stop.
I'm only trying to do the guy a favour. It is not paranoia. They don't need a video from the M5 to prove the offence. Everything they need is already posted. I'm not going to witter on about it. If people want to risk their liberty then that's up to them.
Scott
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