AUDI A4 1998 B5 / 1.G Mechanical Throttle Control Servising

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Vehicles with automatic transmission

- Slide cable with cable bracket -3- and cable mounting -1- out of the
plenum toward the front, through the firewall to the engine and
backward through the fire wall to the vehicle interior.
Arrow points in installation direction.
- Attach cable bracket with retaining clip -2- in front of firewall in the
plenum.

- Connect kick-down-switch harness connector -arrow-.
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All vehicles

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Twist the cable positioner tab 90 in clock-wise direction -arrow 1 - and
push into same shaped opening in fire wall and let positioner come to
rest with the tab in a vertical position -arrow 2-. - Adjust accelerator pedal cable Page 20
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Accelerator pedal cable, removing and
installing (vehicles with 2.8 ltr. engine)


Removing

- Remove driver's side storage compartment

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- Disconnect cable -1- from top of accelerator pedal -2- (dotted lines).

- Remove engine cover -arrows-.
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Vehicles with cruise control

All vehicles - Disconnect vacuum hose -1- from cruise control vacuum unit -2-.
- Loosen cruise control vacuum unit mounting bracket bolts -arrows-.
- Disconnect actuator rod from Throttle actuator control module.

- Remove clip -3- from notched section of outer accelerator pedal cable
sleeve.
- Disengage cable ferrule -1- from its captured position in the accelerator
pedal cable quadrant.
- Remove accelerator pedal cable -4- from mounting bracket -2- by
sliding the grooved rubber grommet sideways out of mounting bracket -
2-.
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Vehicles with automatic transmission

All vehicles
Note:
For vehicles with a manual transmission (no kick-down switch), the clip is
located on the cable bracket behind the front plenum. - Disconnect harness connector -2- from kick-down switch.
- Remove retaining clip -1- from the kick-down switch.

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Twist cable positioner approx. 90 in counter-clockwise direction -
arrow 1- and pull out through the firewall side of plenum in direction of -
arrow 2- toward the engine. - Remove the accelerator pedal cable.
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Installing
Installation is performed in the reverse order of
the removal procedure. During installation, note
the following:

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Vehicles with manual transmission

- Slide accelerator pedal cable with bracket -3- and cable positioner -1-
through the back and front plenum walls in direction of -arrow- as
shown in illustration.
- Attach bracket -3- to the front wall of the plenum by installing retaining
clip -2- onto back side of bracket -3- (in plenum)
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Vehicles with automatic transmission

- Slide accelerator pedal cable -3- (with kick-down switch bracket) and
cable positioner -1- through the back and front plenum walls as shown
in illustration.
-arrow- shows installed position
- Secure kick-down switch bracket with retaining clip -2-.On engine compartment side of plenum

- Connect kick-down-switch harness connector -arrow-.
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All vehicles

- Slide cable end through back wall of plenum -arrow 1-, secure by
twisting cable positioner tab 90 in clockwise direction -arrow 2- until
triangular shaped piece on cable passes through the same shaped
opening in the back wall of the plenum.
Ensure that when cable comes to rest position, the positioner tab has
returned to a vertical position; thus capturing and correctly positioning
the cable assembly in the firewall opening.
- Adjust the accelerator pedal cable Page 20
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