Okay, today I installed most of Hervey's lovely blue silicone hose kit. They really do look nice in the engine bay. I've saved the three that have to connect deep in the guts of the engine for next time I borrow a friend's lift. I could easily see myself getting one of the stock hoses off and not being able to get the silicone hose on. A couple of the old hoses were somewhat nasty, but none seemed to be in particularly bad shape. All the same, I'm glad to have less than 20 year old vacuum hoses on the car, and I think the blue silicone dresses up the engine bay nicely without being gaudy. On to my idle... There's been no change as a result of replacing most of the vaccum lines. I realized today that I'd noticed something yesterday, but failed to say it in my email. In fact, I said something quite different without even thinking. When I first started the engine (both yesterday and today), it actually idled very smoothly, which is abnormal for this engine when cold. It was only once warm that it started hunting at idle, which again is abnormal for this engine. Today it was doing exactly the same thing. Nice and smooth when cold, but part way through a quick drive around to warm things up, it started hunting again. I put it back in the garage and played with the idle a bit, and found that if I adjust the system so that the idle microswitch is *not* triggered, I can get a nice smooth idle around 995 rpm. (Any lower with the hot cam on this engine and it starts to shake around quite a bit.) While I have this nice smooth idle, if I press down on the idle microswitch, it immediately begins hunting again. What's the microswitch do besides make the car pass emissions? I must admit it's tempting just to force a 995 rpm idle without pressing the switch, because it's really smooth, and the engine speed doesn't seem to drop so low that my radio cuts out either. I could kill two birds with one stone here, but I know I'd probably just be hiding the real problem, and perhaps causing some others. I assume that playing around with this switch is effectively the same as disconnecting the idle speed motor, as suggested by Bill. Correct me if I'm wrong here. I didn't actually disconnect the idle speed motor today, and now the engine is starting to cool again, the light is failing, and the neighbors are probably tired of hearing this loud exhaust. What should I play with next? :) -andrew To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12cpoqp6d/M=266841.4316200.5507732.1261774/D=egro upweb/S=1705126215:HM/EXP=1072135298/A=1911856/R=0/*http://www.lifescapein c.com/picasa/landing.php?capid=222&caId=1985> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=266841.4316200.5507732.1261774/D=egroupm ail/S=:HM/A=1911856/rand=302642965> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DMCForum/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
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