<VV> sticking accelerator pedal

[Jeff Wilson]

Hi guys... got a nasty little problem. The accelerator pedal on my 65 sedan has 
gotten VERY 'sticky'. It doesn't even pretend it want to pop back up after 
you press it- I have to actually PULL it back out with my hand. 

It's obviously un-drivable in this condition. 

I've wd-40'ed the hell out of the pedal bracket, jacked up the rear and checked the 
swivel-bracket thingie at the transmission (4-spd), checked all the linkage in the engine 
compartment. All good as far as I can tell.... Return-spring on carb linkage looks OK. 

I think I hear a 'clunking' noise up in the tunnel when I work the forward (into the 
tunnel) acc rod from underneath. The Clark's catalog diagram is hazy in this area. 
Is there some sort of bracket/ swivel/ fulcrum type arrangement up IN the tunnel 
or is it a straight rod from the tranny to the pedal? 

Worked fine until a week ago.... 

CJ Wilson