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Subject:Re: How Long Does it Take Your Van to Warm up? Cont.
From:James Benthall
Date:Sun, 24 Apr 2005 02:23:28 EDT

Hi Folks,
Well I disconnected my Idle Stabilizer (the one that hooks to the firewall,
not the
one behind the r. tail light) since I could never feel any vibrations that
indicated it
was working...and then quickly reconnected it after engine kept surging  from
low
rpm idle to high rpm idle.  Guess it may not vibrate but it does  "stabilize
the idle" ;-)

Now I will take it to my mechanic and have him reset my timing, increasing
the
rpm's a bit.  Also have him check the Temp 2.  I actually have an  old Snap-On
timing light around here somewhere and am tempted to try it myself.  I  have
heard
that you can really screw it up  bad if you don't know what you are  doing.
Does it
seem like a hard job to you folks?  Any tips before hand?  Thanks  again.
James in Houston, Tx.
87 Westy (The Phoenix)

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