[V8] Major issue: Dead V8

Sun Oct 9 07:11:05 PDT 2011

Since the car has been parked, you might also inspect for rodents.  Who knows what they might have done.  
I had a small rock get stuck at the front pivot - right at the throttle plates.  You have to take off the the throttle plates anyway to inspect and lube the pivot bearing so have a look there.

And on the cruise rod - I made a "J" hook out of some copper electrical wire (12 gauge) that will catch the rod if it ever falls off. One extra safety measure.

Dave

On Oct 9, 2011, at 7:55 AM, Ingo Rautenberg wrote:

> Ok, if it is indeed a stuck linkage  (which I have also experienced) rather
> than busted/jammed cruise control rod, then the real culprit -- in my
> experience -- is the dried-out bearing towards the front of the engine --
> which sits in the intake manifold just before where the throttle body
> attaches to it.
> 
> The easy (and so far -- three years) way to remedy this -- short of removing
> the intake manifold -- is to lube the bearing liberally with ATF as you work
> it back and forth.
> 
> -Ingo
> On Oct 9, 2011 9:44 AM, "Allan Vega" <allanvega at comcast.net> wrote:
> 
>> Roger, I agree with Kneale that your linkage is stuck. This happens with
>> these cars when there not used for a little while. You will need to work the
>> throttle with the engine off. A single attempt will not fix the problem, you
>> will need to work it till you no longer feel that "binding" sensation .
>> -Allan
>> 
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> 
>> On Oct 9, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Kneale Brownson <kneale at coslink.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> You have a sticking throttle linkage.  Hopefully it's mostly the linkage
>> at the back of the engine which you can get to by removing the air filter
>> assembly.  A  few squirts of throttle body cleaner will get it loosened up
>> enough to let the throttle go back to idle.  If it's really bad, you'll need
>> to remove the idle control valve assembly at the front and try to get to the
>> rest of the linkage with cleaner.
>>> 
>>> On 10/9/2011 5:03 AM, Roger M. Woodbury wrote:
>>>> Well, now.  I had a nasty experience with the V8 yesterday.
>>>> 
>>>> The V8 has been resting in its garage all summer. I drove it last in
>> late
>>>> August, going only the mile to the little store to put a few gallons of
>> gas
>>>> into the tank, returning it immediately to its garage.  The summer has
>> been
>>>> a full construction summer and the only vehicles needed for anything
>> have
>>>> been the truck and the 100 Avant, so the V8 has been resting.  I have
>> not
>>>> even renewed the registration on the car since I see no use for it until
>>>> next summer at the earliest.
>>>> 
>>>> I started the car, and it greatfully came to life.  I backed it out into
>> the
>>>> driveway and let is sit for fifteen or twenty minutes just idling, and
>>>> letting the a/c work before shutting it down.
>>>> 
>>>> Later since my wife wanted to go shopping, I figured I'd move the v8
>> back
>>>> into its garage so she could get by without issue.
>>>> 
>>>> I started the engine and put the car into drive, edging forward toward
>> the
>>>> garage door.  It didn't feel right though.  The accelerator felt like it
>> was
>>>> hitting something, similar to the feel that it would have if it was
>> hitting
>>>> a bunched up carpet.  I pushed more firmly on the accelerator and the
>>>> accelerator suddenly broke through whatever was making it feel stiff,
>> and
>>>> the engine immediately went to full throttle.  I immediately went to
>> neutral
>>>> and ignition off.
>>>> 
>>>> Restarting resulted in immediate full throttle once again, so now the
>> car is
>>>> sitting just outside the garage, awaitiing further instructions.
>>>> 
>>>> I wonder if this is the familiar, cruise control rod failure?  The
>>>> accelerator seems pretty loose and flappy, so something is adrift or
>> holding
>>>> it open somewhere.
>>>> 
>>>> Any BTDT?  I will not have time to deal with this today nor probably
>>>> tomorrow.  The electrician will be here sometime next week to install
>> the
>>>> new main electrical entrance which will go in the wall of the garage
>> where
>>>> the V8 lives, so for now the car can remain where it is.  But sometime I
>>>> will need to get under the hood and either release the nastiness so the
>> car
>>>> is driveable, or call the flat bed and have the car towed to the wrench.
>>>> 
>>>> In three V8's that I have owned this is the first driveability issue I
>> have
>>>> ever had.  (Other than the first one that suffered transmission failure,
>> of
>>>> course).  FWIW, the cruise control on my car is inop due to a failed
>> relay,
>>>> which I have but have never installed. The cruise control circuit is
>> shut
>>>> off.
>>>> 
>>>> Roger
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