well today i was at work. i had just loaded all our trash into my truck (in the rain) to take it to the dumpster. well i got in and started her up, as soon as i hit the gas, the peddle went to the floor. the throttle cable snapped. so i ran to autozone in the rain and bought a cable stop thing and made a ghetto rig to keep in on long enough to get home. well the cable is too short and its making the truck idle really high. how do i go about putting a new cable in? is it hard?

 

might have to hit the dealer for this one. i had one snap on my dakota and universal kit just didnt work right. had to get exact cable from dealer. especially with all the throttle sensers etc.... there not that hard to install.

 

well it looks like ill be making a trip to the dealer tomorrow

 

you could try junkyard. make sure its same year. not sure what year ford went to the eletronic throttle setup.

 

i think im gonna take it to my repair guy on monday. hopefully my ghetto rig last till then, if not, ill be driving the back-up car (corola )

 

Hey try to find the right diameter cable (autozone)and just get some one to soder the ends on. You should have called me earlier i would have given you a ride there.

 

ya, im gonna try that first. and probably just replace the whole cable. autozone was closed when i got off work

 

well i fixed it. still kinda ghetto. but it works. i went to home dept and bought some cable. and then came home and just replaced the old one. it was pretty easy