The looseness can be the quadrant link ends being worn or the post that the link connects to on the throttle spool is loose. Dissasemble the throttle spool, clean, lubricate, and reassemble. Try to adjust all the play out so it is holding everything tight at idle. It may take replacing the quadrant link and/or the throttle spool. Look for any lost motion and you will know what you have to do. You might also want to lubricate the throttle cable as per the recall. I use a short piece of hose with a hose clamp, fill the hose with anti-freeze, and then hold a blow gun to the hose and pressurize the hose till the anti-freeze comes out by the gas pedal. David Teitelbaum vin 10757 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Michael & Denise" <luckeys71@xxxx> wrote: > > First let me say that I hope everyone had an enjoyable holiday as we look forward to turkey sandwiches and leftovers for the next few days! Thanks to the advice from the list (especially David T.) I was able to isolate my idle problem as a misadjustment to the quadrant link connecting the throttle spool to the body. I can get it to idle correctly at 850-900RPM but when I step on the accelerator the mixture control unit opening hangs open a little so that the idle moves to 2000RPM. If you tap the idle spool by hand it snaps back enough to c To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/