I had the same problems with my SV alpine. I had to leave the idle at
1500 to keep the engine running. Eventually I found out that there was
air passing the bushings on the throttle and choke shafts. This takes the
rebuilding of the units. When done right, the darn thing was so easy to
tune.
On Sun, 17 Mar 1996, michael mulholland wrote:
> both before and after the recent engine rebuild on my 65 alpine i have
> been unable to get the idle stable at between 700-900 rpm. it simply dies
> or surges to over 1000 rpm.i have twin stromberg 150s. any ideas.when i
> push the clutch the idle slows or the engine stalls. and it runs on.
>
>
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