Hard starting v8 -easy fix

[WARATAP@aol.com]

For about a year now I've had a problem (usually with warm starts), where I've
had to nurse the gas pedal to keep the motor from stalling after start-up.  At
least once a day, but not too bad.  I just learned to live with it.  The
engine speed sensor was most likely the problem, I was told.

Just over a week ago I was checking my coolant leak, which turned out to be
the upper radator hose, and consequently brushed up against the ISV connector
and noticed a slight increase in rpm.  Hmmm...removed connector and engine
died.  Left off connector and engine would start but not idle as smoothly as
when I had temporarily bumped up against the ISV.  So I cleaned the connector
pins and reattached the connector.  

Over one week without a hard start/stall problem!  Guess the v8 was running
pretty good without the ISV operating, or operating intermittantly.  It seems
my fuel mileage has been somewhat better also. 

-Ingo Rautenberg
1990 v8q 202,000 miles