I recently purchased a 126 300SD to go along with my '83 300D. My wife has taken an interest in the SD (she never liked my "smelly" diesel). But I have a problem. She had polio when she was 6 and she has very little movement and strength in her ankles. The accelerator pedal in the SD is too stiff for her. I tried to lube all the joints with tranny fluid, this helped some but not enough. I looked and looked but couldn't find any spring or springs in the linkage. First of all, is there a spring? And where is it located? Is it possible to weaken it's effect on the pedal? I looked in the archives and couldn't find any pertinent info. Thanks in advance. Lee Derby

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'83 300D 283,000 mi.
'88 Jaguar XJ40 132,000 mi.(sold)
'88 Olds 88 190,000 mi.(given to grandson)
'81 300SD 313,000 mi. (given to granddaughter)
Maintained by Me and my offspring.
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