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Old 05-13-2015, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by NZScott View Post
There's two springs, one on the pedal and one on the injection pump.

My pedal has always been stiff since the mechanic swapped in nice heavy duty handbrake cable after I snapped the original (you LHD folks won't have that?).

Also in my country it's actually a legal requirement to have two means of returning the accelerator to 'idle'. Failsafe sorta thing...
The one behind the injection pump is actually two springs, one inside the other.

Totally agree though, those springs are very small and prone to rust. I would not make them the sole throttle return mechanism, especially with how much action they now have to move alone
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