I had a throttle cable break (in the firewall) when I was 300 miles from home. It was inaccessible with the tools I had. Cruise control saved my butt. I rigged up cordage to the throttle, out the hood, through the window, tied to a screwdriver for a handle. Once the car got above 30 mph I'd engage the cruise and it was easy. Fun part was driving through city traffic. Made it home with no problems. Looks like you are set with help. Good luck.

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85 300D turbo pristine w 157k when purchased 167,870 July 2025
83 300 D turbo 297K runs great. SOLD!
83 240D 4 spd manual- parted out then junked

That's friggin awesome..

Very rare occasion I get a chance to do stuff like that, but every now and then I need to pull a McGyver myself. Years ago I had to do stuff a lot more often than now, older cars...ehem

That whole thing you did, seams like it was a bit of fun..

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I'm going to start calling you McGyver.

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OBK #55

1998 Lincoln Continental - Sold
Max 1984 300TD 285,000 miles - Sold
The Dee8gonator 1987 560SEC 196,000 miles - Sold
Orgasmatron - 2006 CLS500 90,000 miles
2002 C320 Wagon 122,000 miles
2016 AMG GTS 12,000 miles

Just got back... everything went off without a problem and enjoyed the nice ride back up to Starkville.

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John Robbins
'05 E320 CDI - 240k
'87 300TD - 318k