[V8] New Silver '90

[Ari Palomäki]

Hei Ville,

of course we could babble on in finnish, but then nobody would understand
anything ;-).

Sticking throttle usually derives from the throttle operating rod located in
the middle of the two-piece inlet manifold. IIRC, the rod itself has two
support bearings which can be replaced if necessary(I never had any problems
with it, so no BTDT on this one). A bit of cleanup and lubrication will most
probably help a lot.

You can actually test both(the rod and the cable) by disconnecting the
throttle cable and moving both by hand.

- Ari -

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Lähettäjä: v8-bounces at audifans.com [mailto:v8-bounces at audifans.com] Puolesta
ville.hiivola at suomi24.fi
Lähetetty: 16. lokakuuta 2009 11:29
Vastaanottaja: V8 at audifans.com
Aihe: [V8] New Silver '90

Can i ask here where the throttle sticks usually? I have little bit of 
that problem too but i'm not sure if its the wire or the rod somewhere 
under the intake..

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>Lähettäjä: cheshirecatsbox at gmail.com
>Päivämäärä: 16.10.2009 4:30
>Vastaanottaja: <V8 at audifans.com>
>Aihe: [V8] New Silver &#39;90
>
>I just got home with my new V8 (Justin's old V8).  It's silver and 
has been
>taken care of much better than my pearl car was.  It has a lot more 
miles
>(~200k compared to ~124k), but overall it's in far better condition.  
It
>sounds like it was garage-kept its entire life, so everything is 
clean and
>intact (even the headliner!).  The seats are actually in slightly 
better
>condition than the ones in my pearl car, but I'm going to swap them 
anyway
>so the silver car will have sport seats.
>
>The main issues are the brakes and the throttle.  The ride home was a 
bit
>freaky due to a combination of brakes that don't work right (see 
below) and
>the infamous sticky throttle issue.  I made it home ok, but I don't 
want to
>drive it much more until I get both of those things taken care of.
>
>Speaking of which, the throttle issue is easy of course, but I'm 
wondering
>if the trouble with the brakes is a weak bomb.  He had just had it 
replaced
>a couple years ago, but it seems like maybe it's leaked since then.  
If I
>stab hard at the brakes, they'll engage for a second near the top of 
the
>pedal, but then it immediately goes soft and doesn't engage again 
until it's
>near the floor.  If I press slowly on the pedal it behaves the same, 
except
>for it doesn't have the initial grab at the top of the pedal.  Does 
that
>sound like the notorious failing bomb trouble?
>
>Also, I can't find the recent brake bomb discussion in the archives.  
Can
>someone point me in the right direction or remember what the 
discussion
>subject was?  ><
>
>Seamus
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