Throttle sticking - Fixed thanks to the World, Could this be the distributor? |
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Throttle sticking - Fixed thanks to the World, Could this be the distributor? |
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Nov 16 2013, 04:19 PM
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You wanted a horse, but got a goat. Nobody wants a goat.... Group: Members Posts: 2,861 Joined: 12-February 12 From: North Shore, MA Member No.: 14,124 Region Association: North East States |
I checked the throttle cable and I can see it is not wrapped.
All the linkage seems fine, and I have the idle screws all the way out. I am even running an extra spring on the throttle bar to ensure that I get full return. Nothing seems to be binding. I am running an old original distributor with the injection point set removed, and the vacum advance disabled. Am I wasting time chasing throttle cable functions or is it just the stinking distributor? |
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Nov 17 2013, 01:34 PM
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You wanted a horse, but got a goat. Nobody wants a goat.... Group: Members Posts: 2,861 Joined: 12-February 12 From: North Shore, MA Member No.: 14,124 Region Association: North East States |
I went to the parts bin and found another original distributor, this one intact with the trigger points and the vacuum. So I installed it.
Still the same problem. Well to make a long story short I took Mr. Darling's advice and methodically started over with carb vacuum, cable angle, cable length, cross bar ajdustment, and low and behold one of the drop links was loose and was turning in and out. Once I got that fixed, I retuned the carbs, and got the "lugging like a tractor idle" Weber talks about. From there a 1/2 turn on the idle adjust and DA DA, 900 rpm. Now I have been driving up and down the neighborhood like an idiot and I hate to say it, "It runs well" "Very Well" , as a mater of fact. I am surprised at the power and smothness of the 1.7 and since I was a 356 guy, I think it runs strong... A few more small things to sort out but It is driveable and I will probably get plates for it tomorrow. What a difference a day makes. Last night I was so frustrated, I was a wits end. Today I am almost there thanks to the World. Wife was still raking and came running in. "What do you have your head up your ass or something? Didn't you hear about 10 Porsches on a drive passed by the house and saw the 914 rear end sticking out of the garage and tooted to you" I was under the dash messing with cables and missed them. But still maybe a little Karma for me......... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/driving.gif) Salute! |
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