Defender throttle cable stuck on

[Tom17]

This has happened twice now in a year only had that car a year but surly this should be happening so frequently is this just bad luck both cables were brand new on

[Tanuki]

Check the engine-to-chassis earths! If the earth goes high-resistance the starter-motor current will find its way from the block to the chassis by the next available path. If this is the throttle-cable it heats up and the nylon inner lining melts, causing the cable to stick/bind.

If you're really unlucky they can glow red-hot.

[Maverik]

What vehicle do you have? age?

[landroversforever]

Have you checked it's not the pedal sticking? The limit screw on my pedal was catching on the footwell mat.

[Tom17]

Have you checked it's not the pedal sticking? The limit screw on my pedal was catching on the footwell mat.

No not the pedal can see the cable sticking!

It's a 1984 90 with a 200tdi defender engine fitted

[landroversforever]

Ah thats OK then.

Same set-up as me then

[mmgemini]

Is the inner cable fraying inside the outer ?

[jbs]

I would still check at a stand still with the engine off to see if the pedal sticks to the floor mat as I've had this once or twice in my 15+ years of owning land rovers

The floor mat moves forward allowing the pedal to be trapped when you floor it as the mat gets kinked up at the bulkhead end of the footwell

John

[Maverik]

I would still check at a stand still with the engine off to see if the pedal sticks to the floor mat as I've had this once or twice in my 15+ years of owning land rovers

The floor mat moves forward allowing the pedal to be trapped when you floor it as the mat gets kinked up at the bulkhead end of the footwell

John

Something similar to John's post but the pedals do have an internal return spring in the pedal assembly too from memory, how "healthy" is the spring?

[western]

lubricate the throttle lever on the injection pump,it should be free to move.