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[998 Chris K]

Hey, I have an '86 Rover mini, 998 but with an HIF 44 carb and when I let off the accelerator, it gets stuck down a bit. When pressing it with the engine off, I can here the metal throttle cable scraping the sides of the hole it goes through in the firewall, and I have no idea why its doing this, cause it can't be normal.

Any answers or advice? it would help out so much.

Thanks!
Chris

[Ethel]

Have an investigate. The cable slots in to the top of the pedal with a spring clip over the top to keep it in place, you could hold the throttle open with a spanner to create enough slack in the cable.

Sometimes a poor engine earth results in earth making its way back to the battery via the carb cables which can weld them to the sleeve.

[Kam]

Get a second body in there to operate the pedal while you have a nosey around the bulkhead

[998 Chris K]

yeah me and my dad tried a little trick which involved putting a straw around the cable and then put the straw into the little tunnel that the cable goes through, and also gave it a lick of grease on it. It worked absolutely fine for half the day, then on the way back home it went back to getting stuck on a little so the engine would rev up each time before shifting=[ it was kind of embarassing with all the other cars around. haha

[mini-geek]

Just buy a new cable. They are dirt cheep..

[998 Chris K]

Oh how I wish that would work. The thing is, it IS a brand new cable. Maybe a month old AND I just got it registered and on the road, so it hasn't had much wear and tear at all.