Happened to my 300SD around 280k miles, took a pedal from bone yard and all was good again.
Trampas -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Zeitgeist Sent: Friday, December 23, 2005 11:56 PM To: Mercedes mailing list Subject: Re: [MBZ] An automotive first (for me) You must've never owned an aircooled VW--very common problem after a bout with rustworm infestation, especially the early Type IIs. On 12/23/05, OK Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The accelerator pedal in the SDL suddenly became very hard to push > while a daughter was driving it. Afterhearing about Regina's broken > linkage, and Kaleb driving the car home at WOT, I thought it best to > ground the car till I could figure out what was wrong. > > I got a chance to look at it this afternoon (56 F). I first > disconnected the socket coming between the rod coming out of the > firewall and the engine linage. The engine side felt fine, but the > accelerator pedal was still funky - not smooth, but not as hard as it > had been. Pulling the pedal back revealed that the portion that slides > over the metal rod had seperated from the rest of the pedal. It had > broken where it was supposed to hinge as the pedal and rod moved on > their seperate pivot points. > > Bottom line is that the accelerator pedal itself had broken. It's a > plastic part, is over 18 years old, and has been driven over 290,000 > miles, but the pedal broke! > I've never had an accelerator pedal break before! Too weird. > > I got out the Dremel tool and a very small drill bit, drilled holes > through the the pedal and the broken off part, and made a stainless > stell wire hinge pin to hold it together. It works fine now, but I > need to order a NEW Pedal! Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: "I drive in a persistent vegetative state" '87 300TD intercooler (211k) '84 300D (207k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (186K) _______________________________________ For new parts see official list sponsor: http://www.buymbparts.com/ For used parts email [EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://striplin.net/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_striplin.net
