) 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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