Kirk_Marble

Hello there, first time poster.
The other day i pulled in the driveway as normal and shut the car off. When i came outside 5 minutes later to move it, The gas peddle felt as if it was not attached to any thing. I looked and it was still attached to the cable. The car was idleing. I looked under the hood and tried reving the car up manually with the throttle body. I couldnt even get the throttle body to move. What could be the problem and is there a way to free it up? I have a 1987 5.0 mustang gt

saleenpride1986

Turn the car off, take the tubing off from the throttle body and push the manual throttle opening lever thing(the thing you press to make your car rev) and see if it actually opens the throttle body or not, that can at least let you know if you are opening it or if it's stuck. Really easy to tell if it does too.

mattdel

pretty strange to see a TB flap stuck that hard, unless you're built like a mouse.
do what ^^ he said. take the intake tube off and see what's goin on.

FORD TOUGH

It sounds like your throttle body may be gummed up. You need to clean it or get a new one.

calfroper_06

mine was sticking pretty bad after i clean it, turn out my idle screw was to far out and everytime it thr butterfly would shut it would wedge in the t/b, so i set my idel screw and tps and all better know

1995mustang818

hahaha you guys wanna know some thing funny when i race my car some times my throttle gets stuck so when that happens all i have to worry about its shifting after im done i turn the car off hit the brakes some to a stop and try to kick the gas pedal for it to come back out

saleenpride1986

LOL thats funny.

FORD TOUGH

What if it sticks on the burnout?

calfroper_06

i hear foot paddleing in a hurry

Kirk_Marble

thanks guys. I will try them suggestions and let you know if they work or not.