In a message dated 10/11/2009 2:55:27 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
LISTSERV@GERRY.VANAGON.COM writes:

        Jeff, congratulations on  getting that project to fruition.  You
have learned a lot of valuable  lessons.  The 2.1 coolant systems are pretty
much self bleeding so in a few  days of driving and cooling off overnight all
air in the system will have been  bled out to the overflow tank.  Just keep
the overflow tank up to the Max  line and if it stays there then the system
is tight and good to go.  If  that overflow tank keeps loosing fluid then
there is a leak somewhere and the  bleeding out of the air will not happen
correctly.  Did you check the  throttle body movement ?  It has it's own
internal spring plus a additional  spring to the plenum.  It should move freely
and without much effort.   Disconnect the throttle cable and see if it moves
freely. Check all the  linkage from the tranny to the throttle body for free
movement.

>>>>>Well gang I drove my beloved Grover to work  today for the first time
in over
two months :)  It was pretty sweet.  I've still got a bit of that unknown
engine uneasiness - might help if I  trusted the mechanic who installed it a
bit better (mechanic being a  stretch as I did the work myself).

So far only have about 50 miles on  it and now that I have the coolant
system
bled (not perfectly but getting  better) everything seems real good.

So on to my question. My  accelerator is really stiff. It was like this
before but I just lived with  it. Well, I think I'm tired of living with it.
It's still enough that on  longer trips my foot starts to hurt (sometimes
falls asleep) holding the  accelerator down. It move smoothly enough but I
have the right leg muscle  of a body builder by the time we finish up long
runs.

So far as I  can tell everything is hooked up properly - accelerator cable
is
new,  throttle moved freely and easily by hand, return spring is new, and
I've  greased every moving part from the trans lever back to the  throttle
assembly.

So any ideas? Could it be that the trans lever is  in the "wrong position"
somehow - I'm just not sure but it would be a dream  to figure out a way to
correct this. So your thoughts and ideas are greatly  appreciated.<<<<<<<<

Cheers,

Frank  Condelli
Almonte, Ontario, Canada
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