Make sure there's a little bit of slack in the throttle cable. My car
did the same thing until I put loosened the cable up a little bit.
--- Robert.Long@CSDInc.com wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hoon Kim [mailto:hoon@pixar.com]
> Sent: Monday, August 13, 2001 12:26 PM
> To: datsun roadster mailist
> Subject: starting problems solved!
>
>
> <snip>
> >> I noticed that when coming to a stop, almost always my
> >> idle rides really high (about 500 rev higher), and I have to tap
> my
> >> foot on the gas to have it come back down. Could this be caused by
>
> >> gunk, either around the pedal or the throttle cable?
>
> I seem to have the same problem on my 67.5 1600 with SUs. I have it
> idling nicely at 750 RPMs, but have to tap the pedal after I stop to
> get the RPMs back down. It seems to do this more in summer than
> other
> times of the year. I'm looking for suggestions too...
>
> Robert - 67.5 1600 - ABQ
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Adam
'70 1600 SPL311-28181
http://www.picturetrail.com/abend
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