You might also change out the oxygen sensor but I'd have a shop do that if
your hands
are too sore....

Just thinkin'

Steven
91 Westy

On Fri, May 6, 2011 at 2:43 PM, J Stewart <fonman4277@comcast.net> wrote:

> Wasn't sure what to call this, "Two Days Of Pure Hell" or "Two steps
> Forward, One Step Back" or "Mechanics-You Deserve Your Money". Here's the
> situation: my 1985 Weekender, starts and runs OK, but on cold start up
> usually stalls a couple of times when put in gear (automatic). Engine
> "sounds" like it idles smoothly, but engine also shakes quite a bit too at
> idle. So, the plan was, starting yesterday at 8:00am, I stripped the engine
> down to basically the long block. I had a new throttle body gasket, new
> manifold boots, new intake manifold gaskets, and sections of new vacuum
> lines. I tore it all apart. Now I could have stopped after about 1/2 hour,
> when I found a vacuum line rotted through and crumbling. That was no doubt
> the rough idle and stalling. Armed with a couple of cans of carb/throttle
> body cleaner, the TB now shines like the day it left Germany. Everything got
> cleaned and repainted. Oh, I also cleaned up and redid the grounds on the
> left head. Interesting thing was that in the intake on #4 I found a white
> pebble lodged in the intake port! Today I set about putting it all back
> together. The intake manifolds are a real pain to get back in place with new
> boots. My hands hurt and I was getting tired early, but it was on my
> schedule to get it done today, so I kept at it. I finished around 1:00pm.
> The reward: the engine fired right up and idled smooth as silk. Dropped it
> into gear and no stall. Took it out for a test drive and it runs fantastic!
> The ONLY thing I can't figure out is that somehow I have introduced the
> hunting idle when it warms up. The idle was a bit high when I first fired it
> up, but I backed it down a bit. All in all, exhausting but worth it. My
> hands are sore and cut up, but at least since I exercise regularly my back
> and legs aren't killing me. And I shouldn't have to do this again for long,
> long time. Jeff
>
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> Jeff Stewart
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