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[email protected] December 18th 04 06:22 AM

1987 toyota cressida carb help,please.
 
hi,i just bought a used 1987 toyota cressida from a friend.as i was
driving it,i noticed that the gas pedal gets kinda hard to push down
when u accelerate.i looked inside the engine,and i guess its one of the
2 cables running to the carbuerator.the one cable is kinda bent and the
other looks ok.i was just wondering if any auto parts sell those cables
so i can fix it?i dont know the technical name for it,but if anyone
knows,that would be great.also how hard would it be to fix.thanks


William R. Watt December 18th 04 04:08 PM


) writes:
> hi,i just bought a used 1987 toyota cressida from a friend.as i was
> driving it,i noticed that the gas pedal gets kinda hard to push down
> when u accelerate.i looked inside the engine,and i guess its one of the
> 2 cables running to the carbuerator.the one cable is kinda bent and the
> other looks ok.i was just wondering if any auto parts sell those cables
> so i can fix it?i dont know the technical name for it,but if anyone
> knows,that would be great.also how hard would it be to fix.thanks
>



according to Chilton's "Import Car Manual 1983-1990" the '87 Cressida has
a fuel injected inline 6 cylinder engine (5M-GE). there is no carburetor.
this manual shows fuel injection on the Cressida going all the way back to
1983. Unfortunately the manual does not cover fuel injection. It refers
the reader to Chilton's "Guide to Fuel Injection and Feedback Carburetors"
which I don't have.

You might be able to bend the cable straight. However, I'd see if WD-40 or
carb cleaner might loosen up the action first. For a replacment, my
strategy for my old car is to first check all the wreckers in the Yellow
Pages. I might mean calling 20 of them, ie an hour on the 'phone, but once
you locate the yards with the same model the info can come in handy
again. If that fails, the next step would be to do the same for all the local
parts
suppliers in the Yellow Pages. Dont' give up when you find one suppier as
prices can vary by 100% among auto parts suppliers. This is also worth a
person's time because you find out who sells parts for less in your area
and that info will come in handy again too.

Sorry I don't know what the two cables are for. One is sure to be the
accellerator. If it's an automatic transmission the other might be a
link to the transmission. I'd trace the cables back to their source. The
one that goes to the gas pedal is the accellorator. :)

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[email protected] December 20th 04 05:09 PM

thanks.yeah ill start checking around for that part.


Burt Squareman December 21st 04 05:09 AM

> wrote in message ups.com...
> hi,i just bought a used 1987 toyota cressida from a friend.as i was
> driving it,i noticed that the gas pedal gets kinda hard to push down
> when u accelerate.i looked inside the engine,and i guess its one of the
> 2 cables running to the carbuerator.the one cable is kinda bent and the
> other looks ok.i was just wondering if any auto parts sell those cables
> so i can fix it?i dont know the technical name for it,but if anyone
> knows,that would be great.also how hard would it be to fix.thanks


Three technical name to choose from:
Throttle Control Cable (transmission cable, leads to transmssn),
Throttle Cable (accelerator cable, leads to pedal)
Actuator Cable (cruise control cable, leads to actuator.)



[email protected] December 21st 04 05:35 AM

hey,i just checked out my engine more and it seems the actuator
cable,closest to the actuator is broken.that and i believe also the
throttle cable too.that one is frayed really bad.iam a little afraid to
drive it like that.as far as those two cables go,any info on if i could
just but the cable and not the whole setup to fix it?guess i should ask
around like everyone was saying on here.also there seems to be a new
problem.i dont know if its relates to the cables being all screwed up
but,when i try to accelerate past 30mph,it starts sounding like its
having a hard time getting in the next gear.almost like your steping on
and off of the gas really quick.does it around 50mph too.iam just
trying to think if its linked to the engine or maybe just a problem
with the transmission.thanks


Burt Squareman December 21st 04 12:37 PM

> wrote
> hey,i just checked out my engine more and it seems the actuator
> cable,closest to the actuator is broken.that and i believe also the
> throttle cable too.that one is frayed really bad.iam a little afraid to
> drive it like that.as far as those two cables go,any info on if i could
> just but the cable and not the whole setup to fix it?guess i should ask
> around like everyone was saying on here.also there seems to be a new
> problem.i dont know if its relates to the cables being all screwed up
> but,when i try to accelerate past 30mph,it starts sounding like its
> having a hard time getting in the next gear.almost like your steping on
> and off of the gas really quick.does it around 50mph too.iam just
> trying to think if its linked to the engine or maybe just a problem
> with the transmission.thanks


The Throttle Control Cable helps transmission shifting. If this cable fails
then it's difficult to shift up at 30-mph and another at 40-50-mph.

To answer the other question; all the cables are easy to replace except the
Throttle Cable. You can replace what's needed.



[email protected] December 21st 04 05:20 PM

ok,thanks for the help.



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