Car got stuck in second gear, was moving by its self, posessed?
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Car got stuck in second gear, was moving by its self, posessed?
im driving along and car shifts into second, i come to a stop light so apply the brakes but car still stuck in second, its moving on its own so i mash the brake pedal down to the floor, car still pushing ahead, so i stuck the car in neutarl and RPM's race to 8 and BOOM, car gets back to normal. now i ask why?
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86 firebird 2.8
K&N replacement filter
modified air box
MSD ignitor
Hooker cat back
GNX style wheels
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86 firebird 2.8
K&N replacement filter
modified air box
MSD ignitor
Hooker cat back
GNX style wheels
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From: WOODBRIDGE, VA
I thought this is the board to seek help, i need help guys cause i cant drive my bird until this problem is fixed or resolved. therefor i have to drive my mom's sentra, DONT MAKE DRIVE THIS THING FOREVER!!
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86 firebird 2.8
K&N replacement filter
modified air box
MSD ignitor
Hooker cat back
GNX style wheels
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86 firebird 2.8
K&N replacement filter
modified air box
MSD ignitor
Hooker cat back
GNX style wheels
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From: Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA
i can't answer your question, but i can say be patient, just take a look, almost every single post on any of these boards has a reply to it
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Hondas get all the girls.
Camaro's get all the women.
'89 Camaro RS T-top L03, T5, 3.08 10 bolt stock rear, Edelbrock Pro-Flow filter, more to come as the money flows....
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D@mn yo, I responded to this topic a couple hours ago, why the hell didn't it go through. Well I'll try my best to restate what I tried to post.
>>Whoa, that sounds weird, I don't really have any advice on it, except maybe this... your throttle cable might have gotten stuck. Causing the rpms to go up, then telling the transmission to upshift. So now you're in 2nd gear, but it won't slow down because of the cable being stuck. Then you threw it into neutral, which really made the rpms fly, then luckily for you, the thing that holds the throttle cable located on the engine (I forget the name) snapped back (bang!) into position.
A similar type thing happened with my friend and I. We were in his Durango, when all of a sudden the car got floored and he wasn't doing it, this was on the highway btw. He tried using the brakes, but nothing would stop it. We took the closest exit, since he couldn't stop it, he just shut it off, and rolled next to a curb. We got out to check what it was, popped the hood. Of course there was people around but no one helped, those @ssh0les. The pedal was still to the ground, when we moved the cable back in it went up, when released it went back down. We even turn it on again, and it went WWWRRREEEE! So we were like ****, we took a wrench and banged that metal piece that holds the throttle cable located on engine, and it banged back. We turned it on, and then everything was fine, hasn't happened again since.
Hope that helps.>>
I also hope I stated everything that I mentioned the first time. I guess the post never got through to the site, and it never got posted.
So check out the cable, let me know what you find out.
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>>Whoa, that sounds weird, I don't really have any advice on it, except maybe this... your throttle cable might have gotten stuck. Causing the rpms to go up, then telling the transmission to upshift. So now you're in 2nd gear, but it won't slow down because of the cable being stuck. Then you threw it into neutral, which really made the rpms fly, then luckily for you, the thing that holds the throttle cable located on the engine (I forget the name) snapped back (bang!) into position.
A similar type thing happened with my friend and I. We were in his Durango, when all of a sudden the car got floored and he wasn't doing it, this was on the highway btw. He tried using the brakes, but nothing would stop it. We took the closest exit, since he couldn't stop it, he just shut it off, and rolled next to a curb. We got out to check what it was, popped the hood. Of course there was people around but no one helped, those @ssh0les. The pedal was still to the ground, when we moved the cable back in it went up, when released it went back down. We even turn it on again, and it went WWWRRREEEE! So we were like ****, we took a wrench and banged that metal piece that holds the throttle cable located on engine, and it banged back. We turned it on, and then everything was fine, hasn't happened again since.
Hope that helps.>>
I also hope I stated everything that I mentioned the first time. I guess the post never got through to the site, and it never got posted.
So check out the cable, let me know what you find out.
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6 months and counting... the search for a Camaro goes on...
... and now finally I got one, hell yeah!!!
Would you like it if the next generation of kids, start sayin daddy, daddy buy me a fast and powerful car, like a Honda Insight?! NO!
Muscle is muscle, stop this fighting between american cars, we must join and defeat the world!
1989 IROC-Z Camaro
5.7 Ltr
Ram Air
Cat-back Flowmasters
K&N Filters
-my first car, my dream now reality
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"I thought this is the board to seek help"
It must be something in the water because people seem very impatient lately to wait for FREE advice. I JUST saw your post, as I am sure it is for others here OR perhaps people saw it and didn't have a solid answer.
OK here goes, If the problem is still happening, pop the air cleaner top off and look for something holding the throttle blades open. It is even possible that the throttle shaft bores are egg shaped and the blades stuck but probably more likely a cable that froze. Disconnect them until the blades close and attend to whichever one takes care of it.
It must be something in the water because people seem very impatient lately to wait for FREE advice. I JUST saw your post, as I am sure it is for others here OR perhaps people saw it and didn't have a solid answer.
OK here goes, If the problem is still happening, pop the air cleaner top off and look for something holding the throttle blades open. It is even possible that the throttle shaft bores are egg shaped and the blades stuck but probably more likely a cable that froze. Disconnect them until the blades close and attend to whichever one takes care of it.
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From: WOODBRIDGE, VA
My car is a MPFI buy the way i sprayed some WD-40 on the throttle cable and moved it back and forth to get it loose. so far it hasn't got stuck yet..
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86 firebird 2.8
K&N replacement filter
modified air box
MSD ignitor
Hooker cat back
GNX style wheels
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86 firebird 2.8
K&N replacement filter
modified air box
MSD ignitor
Hooker cat back
GNX style wheels
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