99 C2 Cruise control cable removal - carpet replacement

[Blue 996]

I’m replacing my interior carpet due to water damage. There are two areas giving me trouble - removing the cruise control cable on the top of  the accelerator pedal and removing the rear side panels to pull out the carpet from the rear. 

the accelerator pedal has two cable (since it’s a 99 C2) the bottom one goes to the engine and the top one is for the cruise. I need one removed to put the carpet in and can’t figure out how to disconnect the cruise cable. 
 

A link to rear panel removal would be appreciated. 
 

BTW, tanking out this carpet is a real PITA. If my car didn’t flood up to the floors I’d leave it be. 
 

thanks!

Edited July 30, 2021 by Blue 996
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[zg862]

2 options:

1) Remove the cable by splitting the pedal body. "Un-pop" the pedal from the ball end of the actuator (some brute force required - it seems counter intuitive) then there are 3 or 4 screws on the side of the pedal base that will allow it to split. Pieces liable to go everywhere, but if you're careful, this is pretty straightforward.

 

2) Remove the cable and the cruise control module. together. There are 3x 10mm self tapping screws that hold the module in place and the cable connector, obvs. This doesn't help you with removing the throttle cable from the base of the pedal assembly, but you didn't mention this as an issue...

 

Z

[zg862]

Sorry - this wasn't a comprehensive answer by me and as I've just been fiddling with pedals, I thought I should update, even though the original post is no doubt passed its sell by date. Someone may have the same issue at some point.

 

Ultimately, you need to split the pedal body in order to get it out of the way of the carpet. Pop the pedal off the ball to improve access, then undo the single screw that holds the body into the chassis. There is a "key" at the lower end of the body and this needs to slide up the bulkhead by about 5mm to release.

Now undo the 4 screws holding the halves of the body together. I've found that the long one (at the base of the pedal) is much harder to unscrew than the other 3. This end is also the harder to separate because it joins the pedal itself.

What you find inside depends on your model and options. I have a MY 1998(/99?) with a cable rather than electronic throttle, to which I have added the cruise control module, so I get the cable coming in at the bottom of the body, over a rocker an on to the rocker quadrant attached to the pedal. On the left of this rocker is a separate, coaxial quadrant to which the cruise control cable is fixed.

The barrel ends of the cable can be removed from the quadrants.

Releasing the cruise control end allows sufficient slack in this short cable for it to be removed from the controller. (If you haven't done so already, remove the air duct to improve access to the controller.) There is a tubular connector at the controller end that can be twisted through about 30 degrees and pulled out. This exposes the other cable end which can now be turned through ninety degrees and removed from the actuating rod.

If you have a throttle cable, this can also be detached from its quadrant and rocker and separated from the pedal body. I suggest you now gather the pedal pieces and loosely reassemble to avoid mislaying anything. Ask me why this is a good idea.

 

When reassembling, I'd advise keeping the throttle cable under tension i.e. NOT releasing it at the engine end. Slackening it off seemed like a good idea to give more cable at the pedal end but the downside of this is that the cable outer may not seat properly at the pedal body. If you find your new idle speed around 2500, this will be what has happened. So I'm told.

 

No doubt this would have been much better with pictures, but lying upside down with my head in the footwell for an hour or so didn't put me in the right mood for faffing around with a camera.

 

Z

 

PS/ If you've soaked your carpet, chances are that water has gotten into the throttle cable which is technically BAD. Drive it out with WD40 or similar and maybe bung some lithium grease spray in as far as you can. Cable wants to be a slippery as a Tory cabinet minister caught lying again.