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So...I was going to post here asking about setting the hot idle on my '70 318/auto/factory a/c car. I bought it in December, still getting acquainted with it, and all the...."features" from the previous owner.
Like wire nuts in the wiring harness underhood.
Basically what happens when I drive it more than around the block, it starts to hesitate/stutter at cruise, when on the idle circuit. Toe into the throttle, and open the secondaries, and it runs great. Get off the highway, stop at a light...and it stalls, unless I two-foot the pedals. No hot idle.
Well...I just deleted the post I was writing about setting the idle. I was looking through my FSM, found the recommendation to turn both screws in to seat, and out 1.5 turns, and went to do it.
Driver side screw was SIX turns out.
Passenger side screw (the one that's hard to see)....was on the seat, all the way in.
Set them per the book, and it already idles better (drove it to work, did this while the engine was still warm...not "hot", but not room temperature, either). We'll see how it does on the drive home. I'm hopeful, though - that would be three for three the last couple days. 1) I ran a new wire for my temp gauge, from the sender in the block to the firewall, to replace a broken OEM wire (I need to get a new engine harness at some point, to get rid of the rest of the freakin' wire nuts...); 2) I adjusted the kickdown linkage and now the transmission actually kicks down when I boot it; and now 3) the carb settings.
She's gettin' there!
Like wire nuts in the wiring harness underhood.
Basically what happens when I drive it more than around the block, it starts to hesitate/stutter at cruise, when on the idle circuit. Toe into the throttle, and open the secondaries, and it runs great. Get off the highway, stop at a light...and it stalls, unless I two-foot the pedals. No hot idle.
Well...I just deleted the post I was writing about setting the idle. I was looking through my FSM, found the recommendation to turn both screws in to seat, and out 1.5 turns, and went to do it.
Driver side screw was SIX turns out.
Passenger side screw (the one that's hard to see)....was on the seat, all the way in.
Set them per the book, and it already idles better (drove it to work, did this while the engine was still warm...not "hot", but not room temperature, either). We'll see how it does on the drive home. I'm hopeful, though - that would be three for three the last couple days. 1) I ran a new wire for my temp gauge, from the sender in the block to the firewall, to replace a broken OEM wire (I need to get a new engine harness at some point, to get rid of the rest of the freakin' wire nuts...); 2) I adjusted the kickdown linkage and now the transmission actually kicks down when I boot it; and now 3) the carb settings.
She's gettin' there!
