Again, when it rains it pours!!...now bad throttle switch?

[Huw Powell]

> One thing about that, I have always used the "if it clicks,  it's ok" method 
> for fast diagnosis as well.   Last weekend,  however, when I was doing some 
> work on my 90Q I happened to check  continuity on my switches and found that 
> both switches clicked as normal but the  full throttle switch was dead as a 
> doornail.  So the "click" method isn't  infallible.

I didn't mean it as a test, just to be able to confirm that it is being 
actuated.  A meter or test light circuit is the only way to tell if it's 
actually working.

> As I said, disconnecting both of them  makes more sense - and so does 
> testing (and cleaning) the idle switch.   Just take a meter to the 
> connector, you don't have to reach or see the idle  switch to "work it", 
> just use the TB pivot where the gas cable pulls on  it.  In a quiet 
> environment, you should even be able to hear it  clicking as you move the 
> TB slightly off idle and release it.

-- 
Huw Powell

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