Sounds like its either the throttle cable itself, or the throttle butterfly valve. the butterfly can be cleaned with carb cleaner or something similar, they get pretty dirty especially on a unit that old. If its the cable, spray some chain/cable lube into the cable at each end and hit the pedal a few times to work it in
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