gas pedal getting stuck

[grandnash84]

yo Tbers!

i have an 84 gn and i have a question about my gas pedal. everytime i start the car after letting it sit overnight, it seems like the gas pedal gets stuck and i have to step on hit to release it. i have to press the gas pedal down a little harder and it feels like im unsticking it from being stuck. after that first step it never happens again unitl i let the car sit over night again. has anyone experienced this? is it a problem and how and what to fix it if is? any help is appreciated.

 

[just plain john]

Try disconnecting the cable from the throttle body and then check to see if it's binding. It's also possible it's the throttle body shaft, some carb cleaner couldn't hurt.

 

[cruzn57]

look for frayed cable

I experienced a stuck throttle intermitantly, finally found frayed cable,
was scary, as it would stick while driving!