<VV> throttle adjustment

[Bryan Blackwell]

Here's how I do it, this is pretty close to the shop manual procedure:

 - Disconnect the throttle rod at the engine.
 - Under the car, disconnect the rod from the front to the bellcrank (it has an adjuster on it).
 - Put the bellcrank in the horizontal (idle) position.  The end that connects to the front throttle rod should be as far to the rear as possible.
 - Adjust the rod end on the front throttle rod.  The gas pedal should be fairly high, so it's at a comfortable angle at cruise.  Most likely this is your problem.
 - Connect the front rod to the bellcrank.
 - Go back to the engine compartment, and adjust the throttle rod so it just slips in the hole in the cross shaft with the chokes open.   Run the adjuster in about 2 more turns so you positively have tension on the return spring.

--Bryan

On Apr 20, 2011, at 11:06 PM, Ramon Rodriguez III wrote:

> I assume that the problem is that I need to make an adjustment at the pivot
> under the car but I've never tinkered with that before and don't know the
> proper adjustment procedure.  I'm pretty sure I happened across it recently
> in one of my books/manuals but I've spent the last hour looking through them
> trying to find it without any luck.