Cant get accelerator cable to install! SUCCESS!, Seems to hit a blockage 11 inches in Options

[rnellums]

I have installed 5-6 accelerator cables previously and most are in and out in a snap. Not so with this car!

I disconnect the accelerator cable as usual from the front and begin to pull it back. everything was going well until right before it exits the firewall where it hits a hard snag. It jammed in tight and i had to use a coat hanger as a drift to push it back forward again.

I tried snaking it back and forth for 45 minutes with it hitting the snag in the same spot every time. Then I tried filing down the shank. Still snagged at the same spot. Finally, I pushed it all the way forward again and cut the shank off. SO now the old cable is out.

Of course when I go to install the new cable it jams up in the same place. I used a longer coat hanger to slide back and forth through the tunnel and I cant seem to find anywhere it really hits hard (even to the point of running the coat hanger all the way to the front of the accelerator tube.

My question is, how the hell do I git this done? (IMG:style_emoticons/default/confused24.gif)

My current thoughts are to go to the hardware store and buy a steel rod the same diameter as the shank and try pushing that through.

Help please!

Thanks,
-Ross