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On this lil trip i just took up to Kansas the other night, the gas pedal in my truck got so hot that i had to use my left foot at times cause my right one got so hot.my truck doesnt over heat at all, and we ran the heater VERY little

I had this same problem in a LUV many many years ago, and I did something to cure it.BUT.....it's been so long that i honestly can't remember what that something was

Anybody got any ideas/remedies because i do have few road trips coming up in the future and right now ive got blisters on my right foot just from this lil trip the other night

Never had this prob w THIS truck until now, have searched and searched and haven't found where anyone else has mentioned this...

Any help is greatly appreciated

.... The gas pedal??

Thats an odd one for sure. Only two things I can think of is..

1) Possibly your throttle cable is resting on part of the engine or manifold and the metal inside the cable is heating up and conducting itself down through the firewall and into the gas pedal.

2) Your heater PUTS OUT...and I mean PUTS OUT

Definenetly odd aint it. I would definenetly look around underneath. Something has to be touching the exhaust or you are just one warm blooded texan

Stomp that fire out!!!

I've heard of lead feet, but not hot feet!

Kinda reminds me of a problem I saw once, where a friends clutch return spring was constantly overheating and breaking. They finally called me for help when none of them could figure out such a strange problem. Turns out, his ground wire for his motor was corroded and his engine was using the clutch return spring for a ground. To prove it, I had him hit the starter while I was under the truck. His spring became a nice red heating element within 5 seconds.

Thanks Ben, I'll look into this.Actually in a couple days my red longbed will on the road and the blue one is going in the garage and being stripped down to the frame and i'm basically replacing everything above the frame.Hopefully that solves my problem as well as others i need to attend to.

Just pour a little beer on it to cool it down......not all of the beer cuz some has to end up in tha belly

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No that would be alchohol abuse. Drink the beer than PI$$ on it.

The gas pedal is an odd place to have getting hot. The cable is tiny, not capable of carrying much heat, and the end in the cab has a plastic doodad in the pedal I believe. Even coming through the body there isn't much metal to metal contact to conduct heat. Perhaps there is a water leak in the heater core piping that is sending a little drip/steam onto something at/near the pedal.

I just replaced the exhaust manifold and EGR pipe on my 77 because it was leaking. The EGR pipe had broken and it was blowing exhaust out around the pipe and nut, right onto the floorboard. Even on a long trip the floorboard didn't get much past warm in the cab, even though the paint was cooking off the firewall on the engine side. I fixed it more because I was worried about getting fumes into the cab and taking a nap at the wrong time.

I guess some sort of wacko electrical problem might be just as likely as anything else. The cab on these trucks certainly isn't grounded all that well. There is a strap from the floorboard to the trans that you could check out though.

come on guys ...........think outside the box!Blue wrapp your right shoe with header wrap. 20 bucks at the local speed shop and only takes a few minutes to wrap the shoe ...........

Back when i had a heater in my truck, i had a similar problem. It was caused by heater air blowing directly at the gas pedal. There's a small duct that points right to the pedal. After a while i would have to use my left foot to run the gas down the Hwy. It's only noticeable if you drive for a good distance. The heater core is pretty close to the pedal anyway and air doesn't cool much even if the blower is on low. The problem stopped when the core ruptured. The problem could be that simple.

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Checked it all out.....and what you said turned out to be my problem.I do appreciate all the input I rec'd on this from everyone but blue meanie is the winner

I disconnected my stock heater core and installed a trans cooler from a cadillac for new heater core, mounted it in the shelf below the glovebox, then duct taped over the heating duct near the gas pedal, and viola.....problemo el solvo....i wanted something bigger for heater core now cause i have a topper and want to heat the back for the winter cause my boy and dog ride there sometimes...this all worked out real well

That is some funny sh*t!

Yeah, but have you ever tried to wrap header wrap around a BRICK LMAO My right foot= brick

Darn! I was going to suggest a cruse control

On a 4spd truck that is constantly towing cars...appreciate the effort there but i don't think that would work too well

What rpm are you turning at 60 mile an hour in third gear, say pulling a hill or something? (assuming you need thrid gear to pull the hill BTW)

I remember when the 1.8L was in my truck that third gear at 60 mile an hour it sounded like two 747's in mating...

Just curious what rpm your turning Lil Blue

third gear on hills w a car on back, NOT me unless its 7 % grade like a mountain pass. I'm runnin 255-15' tires so at 65 mph I'm only turning 2800 rpm's

Hilarious thread

Most definetly, and much more feedback than I ever expected.
LOL!