On Feb 21, 8:31 pm, Maclehose <macleh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> I will soon be taking delivery of a Duoliner 2.2 diesel with Automatic
> Transition, first week of March 2008 from:-
>
> I have a disability & have had push/pull handcontrols supplied &
> fitted by an agent from Alfred Bekker Controls.
>
> http://www.alfredbekker.com/products/default.htm
>
> Despite the best efforts from the fitter, I still find the accelerator
> too heavy to operate. I spoke to the mechanics on site to see if
> there was any way to lessen the resistance of the actual accelerator
> peddle by simply replacing a spring, unfortunately this appeared to be
> impossible.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
> Sorry if this is OT but I'm desperate!
>
> Many thanks,
>
> Andy (Sunny Scotland)
My diesel pedal was very hard to depress when I purchased my car
recently. Very hard. I purchased a can of silicone spray lubricant and
applied some to the back of the accelerator pedal and it feels more
like a gas engine pedal.
On my car, the problem is not a spring on the pedal, but the fact that
there is very little mechanical advantage from the pedal to the
injection system. Although, I am willing to bet there is a way to get
the cruise control to control the accelerator manually like the foot
pedal would. However, that may be more difficult to figure out than
just adding a better mechanical advantage to the hand controls. I
looked at the site and it seems that the mechanical advantage could be
adjusted on those controls. If not, then look at another manufacturer.
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