A better subject line this time.
> Six months to the day I've been rebuilding the engine on my 86 westy.
>
> Got the tranny linkage working again (that pesky RUBBER part in the
> linkage had dropped out and was in my ??? parts bin).
>
> here's the remaining problem: idle slowly runs up to 2000 and hovers
> around 1800-2000. Tap the gas pedal, it drops off to 1000 then works
> up to 2000 again. Hesitation and lack of power up to about 2500 then
> revs up smoothly and normally to peak rpm. Wot's wrong?
>
> Jim C
> Mexico

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