Greetings everyone,

By the powers!  Ole Billy Bones sailed the high deserts of New Mexico all summer long,
from May 28 to August 14th, and had nary a problem after more than 5,000 miles of driving,
including many many miles on washboard roads.  I am happy to report that I did not
pull my toolkit from under the seat the entire summer!  Yep, from back in April when
me and Ole Bill Bones signed articles, we've gotten along real gentlemen-like.  He's
kept his side of the deal and I've kept mine (he likes running that synthetic oil).

I owe a great deal of thanks to you all for the help I received when I was rebuilding
Billy Bones back in the spring of this year.  I could not have done it without you.

After a summer of hard work, I cleaned Bill's engine after I got home.  He bucked a little
on startup, as expected, but now after several weeks he still bucks.  So I was thinkin'
that I knocked a wire or vacuum line loose someplace, but I cannot find a thing
wrong.  I pulled the distributor cap, etc. - no water anyplace.

Symptoms - he starts fine, then after about a minute (whether the engine is warm or cool)
the rpms begin to drop and if I do nothing it will die.  If I rev the engine to full throttle, it
clears up again.  If I rev to full throttle between lights it eventually clears up and runs fine.

If I turn the ignition off and retart it, it runs fine.  After a few minutes of initial start up problems
the bus runs great out on the road, around town, etc.  It is just during the few minutes after
initial start up that I have problems.

Does this sound like a throttle switch problem to anyone?  Any ideas?  Could I have washed
sand or grit into the throttle switch area and caused this?

Many thanks,

Warren
88 Westy "Billy Bones"
87 GL "Long John" (going to a new home this week)