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There I was pulling out in front of a semi and my accelerator vanished! 
The look on my face was probably pretty funny. Thankfully I found it and was able to scoot on down the road before becoming roadkill in a fiberglass case!
Evidently the bolts that hold the vette's acceleraor to the firewall have come out and the pedal is just a swingin' back and forth. We had the pedal assembly out when we put the new carpet in. I musta not have gotten the bolts tight.
The look on my face was probably pretty funny. Thankfully I found it and was able to scoot on down the road before becoming roadkill in a fiberglass case!Evidently the bolts that hold the vette's acceleraor to the firewall have come out and the pedal is just a swingin' back and forth. We had the pedal assembly out when we put the new carpet in. I musta not have gotten the bolts tight.
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...sounds like a close one.....glad to hear it all turned out o.k. though...
). But I was really startled.
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I bet you had to clean the seat, right? 
I hate it when stuff like that happens....I know the feelin, too. Glad it wasn't a major fubar, anyway...it certainly could have been much worse.
I hate it when stuff like that happens....I know the feelin, too. Glad it wasn't a major fubar, anyway...it certainly could have been much worse.
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Adams' Apple said: I bet you had to clean the seat, right?
I hate it when stuff like that happens....I know the feelin, too. Glad it wasn't a major fubar, anyway...it certainly could have been much worse.
I hate it when stuff like that happens....I know the feelin, too. Glad it wasn't a major fubar, anyway...it certainly could have been much worse.
Yeah, and I'll definitely fix that before the next outing!
is the bolts a comon thing goming loose from the fire wall on an 84 becaues if it is i'll be useing lock tight the red one. i don't need that to happen to me. i definitly would have been cleaning my seat among other things to...let me know about the bolts.
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Wow. Certainly glad you didn't get smushed by the truck!
That sorta happened to me once. I was in my '79, had to pull out of a gas station. I saw a car coming, but should have had plenty of time to floor it and get out in front with no problem. So I did that, however, as I got into the street, me flooring it apparently did something and I lost all acceleration (vacuum issue?) and my car stopped moving. Fortunately, the guy coming was able to stop in time and I let off the pedal and gave it slight acceleration and was able to move. But that was a scary couple of seconds!
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