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| magaoidh |
 Oct 12 2006, 02:53 AM
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Got my '73 2 litre last week and I have been working on rust on the firewall,covered everything up but still got overspray everywhere.
It used to idle slowly, but now it revs fine and dies when I take the foot off the pedal. The gas pedal action is stiff and it is sticking at higher revs, I have to get my foot behind the pedal to flip it back/down.WTF. I replaced the coil , plug wires,dizzy cao and rotor with some improvement.When the car was ppi'd months ago the low idle speed was noted.Is there an idle adjustment on these cars? What else could it be? Thanks. Geoff |
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| magaoidh |
Oct 18 2006, 12:37 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 187 Joined: 28-August 05 From: sydney,australia Member No.: 4,686 |
Bloody hell,I have been off the radar for days because I have been resetting the timing(BTDC was about 1.5" away from the factory mark),adjusting the valves,cleaning the points etc.Armed with the info from all and sundry I was confident that I would get some improvement,so I lowered it off the jackstands and started it up. Dwell was perfect at 50 deg. but idle was low again,600rpm, so I fiddled with the bleed screw and the ECU click control and had it idling at 800rpm so I put the air cleaner back on and it died.For the next 1/2 hour I could not get the same response,it was low idling and stalling even though initially I had not changed the settings from when I was getting 800rpm.I think when the motor heats up the car dies, whether its fuel supply or air supply I am buggered if I know!!! They say these cars are a good drive,ah well.....
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| fat73 |
Oct 18 2006, 08:29 AM
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W9R1 Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 7-May 05 From: tampa,fl Member No.: 4,043 Region Association: South East States |
QUOTE(magaoidh @ Oct 17 2006, 10:37 PM)  Bloody hell,I have been off the radar for days because I have been resetting the timing(BTDC was about 1.5" away from the factory mark),adjusting the valves,cleaning the points etc.Armed with the info from all and sundry I was confident that I would get some improvement,so I lowered it off the jackstands and started it up. Dwell was perfect at 50 deg. but idle was low again,600rpm, so I fiddled with the bleed screw and the ECU click control and had it idling at 800rpm so I put the air cleaner back on and it died.For the next 1/2 hour I could not get the same response,it was low idling and stalling even though initially I had not changed the settings from when I was getting 800rpm.I think when the motor heats up the car dies, whether its fuel supply or air supply I am buggered if I know!!! They say these cars are a good drive,ah well..... Make sure you don't have any leaks where the intake connects with the heads. ed aka W9R1 |
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magaoidh My car doesnt want to idle no more Oct 12 2006, 02:53 AM
mihai914 Hi Geoff, do you have Fi or carbs on the car?
Con... Oct 12 2006, 08:14 AM Bleyseng the cable is wrapped around the clutch cable proba... Oct 12 2006, 08:24 AM magaoidh Sorry Fellas,
D jet FI.I also replaced the ol... Oct 12 2006, 04:52 PM mihai914 Have a look HERE to trouble shoot your idle proble... Oct 12 2006, 05:29 PM bd1308 wait, you have stock IGN?
.027in is what I set my... Oct 12 2006, 05:32 PM mihai914 .7mm = .0275 inch, there's a nice conversion t... Oct 12 2006, 05:37 PM magaoidh Thanks so far,I have just started the car after ad... Oct 12 2006, 07:07 PM Bleyseng Bump up the idle speed to 900rpms and then adjust ... Oct 12 2006, 07:41 PM magaoidh Excuse my ignorance Geoff but how do I bump up the... Oct 12 2006, 09:17 PM Bleyseng On the side of the throttle body is the air bleed... Oct 12 2006, 10:37 PM mihai914 Here's a picture with the bleed screw circled ... Oct 13 2006, 06:45 AM
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