<VV> RE: 140 idle problem

[J R Read_HML]

Grant,  I'm with you on this...  Quite likely a plug wire or vacuum hose 
preventing a full return of the throttle on at least one side of the engine. 
It gets crowded in there on a 140 and careful routing of wires and hoses is 
needed.

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Later, JR

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "grant young" <gyoungwolf at earthlink.net>
To: <virtualvairs at corvair.org>
Sent: Monday, August 08, 2005 3:10 PM
Subject: <VV> RE: 140 idle problem


> My guess would be something hanging up in the linkage. I would first check
> to make sure that the solid down links didn't get swapped. If so, they
> could be hanging up on the end of a throttle lever and keeping it open. I
> would next check to ensure that the fast idle cams are not bent or loose,
> and the the throttle lever is not bent so that it can not get past the 
> foot
> of the cam after the choke moves it out of the way. Its a close fit, and
> easy to get hung up. Hope this helps.
> The Carbmeister
>
> I am having trouble
>> with my 66 140. Here is what it does, I start it up and it runs fine (in
> fact
>> great). I drive it for 15 minutes and then the idle is way up, it idles
> so
>> high that if left in gear it would probably go about 15 MPH. It is not a
> stuck
>> pedal, it just idles to high when warm, if I cut the idle down then it
> won't
>> stay running when it is cold.
>
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