Throttle not opening all the way: cable slack

[95LEGOBW]

Just passing this along. It may help someone.

 

Purely be chance, I discovered that my throttle was not opening all the way when the gas pedal was fully depressed. There was a lot of slack in the cable, so I moved the cable tension adjuster. All fixed. I will have to train my foot to tip-in slower when leaving a stop. Now that the slack is gon the throttle starts opening as soon as the peddle starts to move.

 

The cruise control cable was even looser, which explains why my speed would temporarily fall off when I set the cruise speed. It took awhile to sense the slowing then re-apply the throttle & take up the slack. Very nice to fix that after all this time.

 

My 95 Wagon has an automatic and has been slow since I bought it a couple years ago. I figured it was simply what you get with a 3300 lb car, 135 hp, and AWD rolling resisitance. Now that the throttle opens all the way, I can probably do 20 second quarter miles!