Re: 5KT : Intermittent high idle

["Arun Rao" <rao@quattro>]

On Apr 14, 11:42pm, Orin Eman wrote:
> Subject: Re: 5KT : Intermittent high idle
> > You can cut them open and touch up the connections with a soldering iron,
> > but it is a big pain to get them open.  Thanks again to Scott Mockery who
> > did mine.  I would not have used that kind of force!
>
> I don't recall opening mine requiring that much force... but anyway,
> if it's broke, the worst that will happen is it will be more broke ;-).
> I think I did break a plastic tab though.

	These are the microswitches operated by little "fingers"
	on the throttle body, right?  So these switches can
	actually be disassembled?
>
> OH - I ALMOST FORGOT - CHECK THE IDLE SCREW!!!
>
> (BTW eventually, the idle screw can fall out causing a fair sized vacuum
> leak and you may have problems starting.)

	Oh, yes -- I've had this happen twice.  The screw in there now
	is a brand-new one. But the whistle it makes when you lose
	the screw is pretty cool :-)


	Thanks for the tips, guys!  I'll take a look at it.

	-Arun

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