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Trying to fix my soggy gas peddel

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PEWTERPONY

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I tried the 1" spacer mod but it didn't work. I could never get the clamp tight enough.

Is there another way to take up the slack in the tb cable
 
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dont think it gets any easier than the cheap spacer mod
 

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try something like a piece of thick pvc pipe and cut a small slit in it just big enough to slide it around the wire. then wrap electrical tape around it to keep it from falling off.
 

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I used Vacuum hose and zip ties.
 

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Ask for roll pins at your local hardware. These are metal barrel type things with a slit down one side.
 

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why does it have to be hard ???

I used hose and it seems to work fine
 

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My wife did her own...I supplied the parts, she figured it out and did the rest.
 
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PEWTERPONY

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twogts.......that good.....But it doesn't have much to do with my original post. I ask is there another way and you said your wife did her own. Ok

Anyways.....I got the friggen spacer on, and the clamp around it but the clamp wouldn't get tight enough. I had nothing left to turn to tighten it
 
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try a different clamp maybe? i just dug through the big parts bins at home depot and found some kind of clamp and nylon spacer, different than the ones on mustangworld.
 

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Never meant to stray off the question, PewterPony, and didn't mean to offend, but, honestly, this is a pretty straight-forward mod. And based on the other posts here, I'm not the only one who feels this way. But nevertheless, if I offended, I do apologize. Use the smallest hose clamps you can find or check the above posts - DBMSTANG, propellerhead and Cavallo has some good suggestions, probably the best is Cavallo's use of vacuum hose and zip ties. Realize it doesn't have to lock onto the throttle cable, just take up space (slack).
 

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easy as hell!!! your clamps arent small enough. If you get the right stuff it will take you seriously like 2 or 3 minutes. There is no possible way to make it easier...piece of fuel line, 2 tiny clams and thats it. try to find a smaller clamp.
 
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Well that was the smallest clamp they had. Perhaps I'll try another store.

two.....I know this is a straight fwd mod. My clamp is to big, so that seems to be the problem
 

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ZIP TIES !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 

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i remember hearing about this mod before........cant remember the details too well. Can someone please explain this mod and tell me where the roll pin in placed?? Maybe a photo of where to place it as well I think i'm going to be doing this tomorrow
 

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These things... .
You can slip them over the cable and crimp them or zip tie them in place.

Check out MustangWorld for more pics of the mod.

http://www.mustangworld.com/ourpics/fcar/99pedals.htm
 

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PEWTERPONY

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DAMN......A ZIPTIE! I never thought of that
 

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Kids today !
 

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are u putting the spacer and zip ties on the cable under the dash, or in the engine compartment?? I'm about to do this cheap mod


pulling the stang into the garage now.............................
 

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On the inside, still not sur why you need steel to do this.

I used vac hose and zip ties and has 4K miles with ZERO problems.

Dam car is in the shop or I would show you.............
 

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Damn, i just did the mod easy ass mod and raised the pedal up A LOT!!!!!!! after driving the car, I can definetly feel an increase in performance, easier to spin the tires, way way way easier to spin them The gas pedal is more sensitive and the floor doesnt get in the way of full throttle. The only thing that makes the gas pedal stop and not go any further is the full-open position of the throttle body Definetly worth the 15 minutes it took and it cost nothing. I found the parts to use in the garage
 
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