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Problem SOLVED!!
With the help of svxfiles, I found the problem. Everything on the engine side looked okay, so we checked the end that connects to the gas pedal. I wondered if the cable was weak and about to break, but he said he never heard of that happening to an SVX
While I had Tom on the phone, he looked under the dash of one of his cars to see if there was any way we could use a spacer or some sort of adjustment to remove the excess slack. He described what he saw, so we could compare our observations.
He said to me "The ball end of the cable meets a black cupped rubber washer, which goes makes contact with a white nylon spacer"
I said "What black washer? I don't have one... just the ball end of the cable meeting the nylon spacer"
I looked down on the floor of the car and there it was! It is a small black rubber washer/stopper that has a formed cup on one end (to receive the ball on the cable end) and a funnel shape that goes into a space in the nylon washer. There is a small hole that runs all the way through this piece and a split along the side to enable you to slip it over the throttle cable and into position. The cable itself slides through this hole, I think one of the purposes of this piece is to absorb shock and vibration when the gas pedal is released.
I just opened the throttle plates by hand to take the tension off of the cable, pulled the ball end away from the nylon washer and slipped the rubber washer/stopper into place.
All the slack was now gone, so I readjusted the nuts at the throttle to get a correct idle. I don't know how this piece slipped off, but thought this was a valuable piece of info to know (much like the cruise control vacuum hose)
Arrow points to the culprit (which is not available separately, but comes as part of a new cable assembly.
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Subaru Ambassador
1996 Polo Green LSi #216 ..138,100 miles. ..SOLD
JFICX8659TH100216.....Date of Manufacture: November 16, 1995.....
Fuji Heavy Industries..Ōta North Plant....Ōta City,. Gunma Prefecture, Japan
In-Service Date: January 2, 1997
"The Pristine Green Polo Machine”
First Polo Green on the Network
First Clear front turn signals, JDM Alcyone hood emblem, rear panel, and BOXER engine cover on the Network (US) (2000)
First 5000K HID factory fog lights (2007)
First SVX JDM BBS wheels on a USDM SVX (2013)
HID lighting (5000K) for headlight and H3 fog lights, PIAA SuperExtreme 120W high beams, rebuilt EG33 longblock, Cometic head gaskets, Phase II flexplate, AMR aluminum radiator with custom silicone hoses, 160A high-output alternator in aluminum-ceramic coated case, new design alternator wiring upgrade v.4, rare factory headlight protectors, refinished JDM BBS mesh aluminum wheels and custom, polished billet aluminum new hex center caps, LED grille mod, R1 Concepts high-carbon cryo slotted rotors, Akebono ceramic pads, Goodridge S/S braided brake lines, Smallcar Stage 1 shift kit, ThermalTech aluminum/ceramic-coated valve covers, Energy Suspension urethane front & rear swaybar bushings, Bontrager22 rear swaybar with QS Components Chromoly Teflon/Kevlar endlinks, "$15.00/5 minute" suspension mod. Hella Supertone horns, Custom stainless steel exhaust system with 2" headpipes, Magnaflow cats, AeroTurbine AR25 resonator /AWD "Bullet" muffler.
R.I.P. 2010 Subaru Outback Limited 2.5 CVT...338,000 miles. Totaled by a 1,300 lb. COW March 4, 2016 
2014 Hyundai Avante Limited ...178,000 miles. Actually quieter and smoother than the Outback 
2007 Mazda Miata MX-5 PRHT...102,000 miles.
Plenty of parts, service and windshields. 
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Last edited by svxcess; 08-23-2006 at 05:09 AM.
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