sjp750

Hi guys, I was getting ready to use seafoam through the intake of my truck today and I don't have a buddy around to press the gas pedal for me as I pour in the additive. In the past it hasn't been a problem with my mustangs, because I could just press the throttle cable while I had my head under the hood. Im noticing thats not an option on my 2013 5.0 truck. It looks like the new throttles bodies are now electronic and everything is internalized. What suggestions do you have for me? Am I looking in the wrong place? Also, please dont turn this into a spot to bash seafoam and create arguments. Ive seen too many of those threads this morning and I have gotten nowhere reading them. Thanks for your help!

kidastra

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Try running a hose from the seafoam nozzle to the intake, long enough so you can sit in the truck

cmbezln

Find a brick

sjp750

Thanks cmbezln, thats a lot of help.

morehousej

it will work, i had done this in the past where the throttle cable on my car was shielded, and I was too lazy to take out 6 little bolts. a heavy brick/landscaping stone can be placed just right to hold the peddle down just enough to give you a higher idle

kcarpenter528

This is where it's nice to be the proud owner of a 13 year old boy. He loves to rev the motor and be my brake pedal pumper when I have to bleed brakes!

Seriously though, a brick or something heavy. Place it so that it just raises the RPM, not so that it's floored.

73fxe

That is what My snow scraper is used for in the summer. I just set it on the peddle and slide the seat to the right RPM. Scott

Ricktwuhk

I would suggest that having a 13 year old rev an engine, especially while in front of it, is risky.

kcarpenter528

Funny story. I hit my older brother with a CRX (his CRX) when I was 12 because I didn't fully understand the whole clutch thing. I learned a lot that day.

Mattwrotethis

At work (technician at a Hyundai dealership as of last week, finally got back into the shop and out of parts), I use a pry bar and the seat to push the brake pedals on cars to check the brake lights. You could do the same thing with the accelerator (easily with power seats, a little trickier with manual). You'd just put a pry bar, dowel rod, 3/8 extension, etc. between the seat and the pedal, and move the seat forward until you had the desired pedal position.