88 5KTQ this week my idle speed has gone up

[LL - NY]

Ah, I guess I wasn't clear. I meant jumpering the break in the Circuit board
trace that causes the switch to fail as if the switch wasn't triggered. I
recall that Scott put a how-to jumper the trace. Of course jumpering the
switch closed would be self defeating.

On 4/20/08, Huw Powell <audi at humanspeakers.com> wrote:
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>
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>  Also, I forgot, it is quite likely that the switch is a single piece
> > unit.
> > If you check Scott's site, you will get the part number of the desired
> > and
> > updated switch, which overcomes the broken
> > circuit board problems that the earlier (direct replacement) part had.
> > It
> > also describes how you can jumper your existing switch until you can get
> > the
> > replacement switch, as I recall. I also recall that the jumpering tends
> > to
> > be a rather temporary repair.
> >
>
> Very temporary - if the idle switch doesn't open (or is jumpered closed),
> on most of these cars, you'll be stuck below a brick wall at about 1400 rpm.
>
> --
> Huw Powell
>
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> http://www.humanthoughts.org/
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