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Subject:Re: Throttle body issues
From:Richard A Jones
Date:Mon, 9 Feb 2009 21:53:12 -0700

> Upon further inspection I noticed there is scoring on t=
> he interior of the throttle body from the butterfly valve rubbing against i=
> t. Is this ok? There seems to be a small amout of play in the shaft. Do I t=
> ry to fix it or let it go? Does anyone have a throttle body there are willi=
> ng to part with? 86' GL 2.1L

Danno:

Phil Eslin in Albuquerque rebuilds these.  He does a beautiful job.
I'm copying him in on this.  Also his email is <pbeslins@msn.com>

He had some at Buses By the Bridge--beautiful job.  He also remarked
to me that he could see wear in the typical one at ~80,000 miles.

Richard