Subject: Re: Idle Speed
Author: Tom Christian
Date: May 31, 2005, 9:19 AM
Post ID: 1718950444
I happened to be in Sears and picked up a tach/dwell/volt
clip on meter for 30 bucks. Worked great and helped me
diagnose some issues as well as set the idle this weekend.
On Tue, 31 May 2005 12:04:25 -0400
AJ Huff <ajh-@earthlink.net> wrote:
| Your free subscription is supported by today's sponsor: ------------------------------------------------------------------- Buy Stocks and Index Funds for just $4 No Account or Investment Minimums and No Inactivity Fees Automatically invest weekly or monthly and build your future. http://click.topica.com/caadtaKb1dfltbOluDFa/Sharebuilder ------------------------------------------------------------------- I am struggling to maintain idle speed at a stop after the engine warms up. If I am at a stop light with the throttle off, it dies. Sometimes if I clutch in and brake to a stop, the engine dies and I coast in. I am looking at the procedures for adjusting the idle speed and the first part says to have the engine running at about 1000-1200 rpm. If you happened to remember from last week, my tach is broken. I'm done with that, having shipped it out. It will be, either repaired or junked and I will cross that bridge when I come to it. How else can I check the idle speed? Will one of these fancy automotive timing lights with the tach built in work? I'd have to buy one as I have a 30 year old silver Craftsman that lacks that feature. Any other method? Or do you guys just do it by ear? Thanks, -AJ AJ Huff '71 Ambassador Three Rivers, MI MGNOC# 19917 ========================================================== Extra! Extra! Read all about it! Get the latest weather, sports, and lifestyle news you can't afford to miss, all at a price you can afford to pay! Click now! http://click.topica.com/caaa9eYb1dfltbOluDFf/TopOffers ========================================================== |