Please share if this has ever happened to you but my secondaries got stuck in the open position when I got on her!! I shifted from 1st to 2nd without a problem and then put my foot to the floor. As I shifted from 2nd to 3rd the engine started to rev briefly until it caught third. I was approaching a turn and got off the throttle but she was screaming even though the pedal came back up off the floor! I pushed in the clutch as I panicked and as the rpm's started to climb into the red I shut her down. When I took off the air cleaner, all my ports were wide open! I manually worked the throttle and when I opened it all the way and left it snap back, they went shut. I sprayed everything with carb cleaner but is there anything else that would make this happen? I'm very nervous about getting into the throttle again so hard as I don't want a repeat. Did I mention I tried braking the car to a stall but she just pushed me?!

Sorry so long but it scared the $hit out of me!

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Scott Wolfe
Leck Kill, Pa.
70 Chevelle SS L34

look in the carb and open the throttle w/ your hand.Make sure the butterflies on the bottom aren't sticking open.Check the choke assy to see if it's sticking.How's the throttle return spring?

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Joel
T/C#980 1968 SS396 CHEVELLE


If at first you don't succeed, skydiving is not for you.....

Speedster,
I have driven the car a few times since this happened and everything seems fine including the return spring so maybe it was all a fluke but I can share with you that it was quite an experience, especially with the wife in the seat beside me screaming, "what are you doing?!!!"
Thanks for the reply. Maybe it just was gummy from sitting over winter? Hope it never happens again.

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Scott Wolfe
Leck Kill, Pa.
70 Chevelle SS L34

Wife in the car too? http://www.chevelles.com/forum/eek.gif http://www.chevelles.com/forum/eek.gif

That is a very weird feeling when the throttle sticks on ya, isn't it? Had that happen to me once when I decided my linkage was too loose on the carb and it should be tight instead.LOL

This happened to me once, on a buick. Scary as hell for the first few milliseconds before you think of your options. Never did figure out what happened, and it never happened again.

I'm assuming something got in the way, because I could work the throttle from inside the car and it freed itself up right away.

Quote: "it scared the $hit out of me!"
Now that it's fixed, go and clean that brown stain off of the seats http://www.chevelles.com/forum/biggrin.gif

[This message has been edited by sxtysix (edited 03-26-2002).]

How much clearance is there betwwen your air cleaner and your linkage? I tested an air cleaner on my 72 before starting the car and found that it hung up on the cleaner (after market, don't remember the brand.) It would not have been good to go for a ride and find I could not decellerate! Just a thought.....

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Honey, its not a $200 hat. The distributor was $200, the hat came with it. kevin d
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Kevin,
The car is all stock with the original air cleaner and carb but I will definately check it out. thanks for the heads-up!



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Scott Wolfe
Leck Kill, Pa.
70 Chevelle SS L34