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Re: Throttle Body Service 140-160 73

posted by  someone claiming to be Chris Mullet on  Fri Oct 30 05:29 CST 1998 [RELATED]

According to Haynes, it appears the only "tool" you need is an ohmmeter. I'll bet a cold one that all lot of them get adjusted using the eyeball method - that is, leaving the cover off while rotating the switch and throttle plate, and watching for the the idle circuit contact to make and break at the right instant. At least I know a couple that have gotten adjusted that way, but I'm not going to admit who's they were. (There might be some high tech tech individuals on this board.)

Also, in the name of cheapness, if cleaning the contacts still leaves dead spots (characterized by short and sudden power losses while cruising) the contact fingers can be tweaked slightly with needle nose pliers to make them "track" across fresh spots on the printed board.





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