To restore lost power in a Ford or Mazda (In this case a Ranger or B3000), take a look at your throttle cable. See if the pedal moves up and down and has “sl…
To restore lost power in a Ford or Mazda (In this case a Ranger or B3000), take a look at your throttle cable. See if the pedal moves up and down and has “sl…
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For sure! Hopefully this is all it is! No problem and if you can, give the
video a thumbs up. It helps me out, thanks!!!
I definitely need to check my setup to see if that is why my 3.0 is so
sluggish. Thanks for the info.
Haha, someone told me to close my eyes and just listen to some of the
things I say hahaha… It did not increase fuel economy by anything
noticeable, but it did improve performance (acceleration specifically). The
spring is not weakened, the metal throttle cable that opens up the intake
is stretched. That spring helps account for some of the stretching, but
after enough stretching over time, you need more than the spring.
I’m lmao over here. If someone was just reading the comments and had no
idea about the video it would sound naughty. But sounds like you made a
good discovery. Two questions please. 1. Did it improve MPG? 2. Is the
problem in a weakened spring and if so couldn’t the spring be replaced?
Excellent video. Seriously.
Great! That is good news! Thanks for the comment.
OK. Mine is without slack at this day in time. Handy video though so thank
you.
Will this work on the 3.0?
This is the 3.0
Awesome! Glad the video helped!!!
not having any high temp issues with the cat or exhaust. i did find my
throttle was not opening all the way and adjusted. seems better after
adjustment.. thanks for the help 007, cheers!
Could also be a plugged cat. Are your exhaust manifolds glowing red when
the engine is at operating temps?
having power issues with my truk and was thinking maybe a plugged muffler.
will try this out, hopeful it works. good video 007
I am confused. If there is slack so that it goes almost to the floor, how
does it speed up really fast by barely pushing the gas?
I have a 2002 ford taurus sel and my gas pedal has slack like that almost
to the floor and rpms wont rise and car speeds up real easy by barely
pushing gas…I looked under at the slack and saw that it doesn’t have a
spring, not sure if it ever did (bought it used, never looked by pedals
till now) it’s a black rubber thing so do I put the zip ties in between the
rubber and the end of the cable/wire, or in between the rubber and pedal?
dont want to get in an accident if this keeps up
I don’t know that’s the thing, and it doesn’t rev up with the rpms to give
it the force to speed up unless you really floor it so it’s almost like it
speeds up more than it should with every push to the pedal…it doesn’t
feel right when driving, even my friend could feel it on the passenger side
i did the zip tie mod on my 1997 F150 had quite a bit of slack in it, but i
never had a spring in their so i had to put 4 zip ties about the same size
as yours in place. Made a huge difference. Is the spring normal or is that
only in rangers?
Sweet! Glad it inspired you to check lol… It feels so much better when
you fix it!
Thank you my b3000 run is like new !
That would make sense. Mine is auto so there is prob more room.
pretty nifty
It will feel so much better when you do it!
No prob! The throttle feel is so much different after this. It’s like a new
truck lol
I have to do this in my 03 mustang gt :/
Cool Im going to check for slack now!
Good vid man. Saw this and did it to my Mazda B3000 in about 5 minutes.
Throttle works way better.
I had my back on the floor, feet out the door… Went in head first. Seat
all the way back. Hmmm… It was tight but once you are in, it’s doable.
The space above my pedals looks to be a lot more crowded than yours does.
Could be because it has a clutch.
Well, I would get someone to press on the gas and let go as you watch the
throttle body open and close… It might be dirty/gunky in the throttle
body which prevents it from closing all of the way… That would be my
first guess
Thank you! Also my gas pedel sticks a little bit when I shift gears and go
into netrual. Do you know anything on how to fix that? I was thinking this
video can help with that.
Good luck and let me know how it feels after. I was amazed at how much
better it felt!
Great! It is amazing how great the car feels when you press the gas now,
right!?!?
It’s awesome right!!! Glad it helped!
Great! Thanks for the comment! Feels like the throttle should feel now!
I am going to try this for my 2000 Ford Ranger 4-Cylinder engine also it’s
a 5-speed Manual. I will come back and let people know what happend to my
paticular truck.
I have a 1999 ford ranger 2.5 5 speed and I was looking at doing this but
how did you manage to get up in there and put them on? I am not a big guy
and having the seat all the way back I can’t even manage to get my hands up
that far.
I am not sure about the F150s but it is stock on the rangers… It is to
mitigate some of the slack they expected over time (obviously they didnt
make a strong enough spring lol). Glad it helped! Really makes a difference
in how the engine feels!
Thanks very much this sure helped mine, and probably helped my gas milage
to…