Or move the shifter to neutral. There's actually a Lexus driver that called 911 while his pedal was stuck. He ended up crashing his Lexus and killed all 4 people that were in the car. Will wrote: > It amazes me how people don't know how to turn the ignition off. > Those are the same individuals who usually don't hook up their ebrake > cables. > > > > > > -- Sent from my Palm Pre > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > sammie smith wrote: > > As to the throttle cable: Take it to a Toyota dealer; I hear they > have an easy fix for that. > > --- On *Tue, 2/9/10, Gerald Livingston /<gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>/* > wrote: > > > From: Gerald Livingston <gerald.tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [tcb] I drove the bus today... > To: tcb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 1:31 AM > > for the first time since I bought it. > > Accelerator cable is binding somewhere but the motor sounds good and > pulls well. > > I drove it 5 feet forward then backed it up to where it was before. > > Rained bad earlier, supposed to be clear tomorrow. Will pull that > cable > out, load it up with grease, put it back in to see if that helps. > > Should be able to get it inspected tomorrow. Then I get to start > working on the inside. > > So far, > > New pop-top tent (not complete, still need to attach at bottom) > New shocks > new rear brake wheel cylinders > new rubber brake lines all around > new brake shoes all around > new tires (RA08) > new steering damper > new tail light assemblies > new side marker light assemblies > new license plate light assembly > clean and rebuild carburetor > new fuel pump > change oil (twice, old fuel pump leaked gas into the crankcase) > change transaxle oil (replaced with full synthetic Redline MT-90) > new oil pressure sender > new reverse light switch > dismantled and cleaned voltage regulator. (the 38 amp is made of > unobtanium) > > -------------- > > needed tomorrow for inspection > > Make the accelerator quit sticking > install the side marker lights > install the reverse light covers and hook up the wire for them > install the rear valance and engine deck lid > install the license plate light in the deck lid > > .... I think that's it other than cleaning up the work area and > getting > the tools and parts out of the bus > > WooHoo! > > G2 >