Idle/tune-up/vacuum/oil BING!!

["James La Londe" <deloreandmcxii@xxxx>]

I need a new idle spd microswitch... yeah I gotta spend 75 bucks on a tinyelectronic piece BUT i know what the problem is. I also adjusted the throttle linkage. A problem i noted while the throttle cover was off.. when the gas is depressed all the way the thrttle still didn't twist all the way. After adjusting the best I can manage is JUST before actuating the full-throttle switch.. otherwise I bring the idle back up. Is there supposed to be something plugged into the plug next to where the idle spd micro plugs in (plug plug plug). I'm doing a tune up sometime this week. I asked Rob Grady, and as always he was very helpful.. BUT in this case not enough so. Damn that distributor... HELP! Any tips... ideas on getting that con-sarn thing out of it's little nook at the very back of the engine? it is safe to remove the fuel distributor w/o messing up some fine adjustment and w/o having gas all over the engine? Always, what's the best way to start finding any vacuum leaks..

I mean it's not like I can see the air leaking out :P Where should I start? It seems to idle ok with the microswitch hard-wired, so i doubt vacuum problems... but i'd like to give her a once-over anyways. I went to snug the bass bolt on the intake closest to the rear of the veh, an with literaly no torque i broke the head off... think it's safe still?

Ok i'l blind, some point me toward the idle adjust screw. Between the fuel distributor and the intake right? I can't see it!!! Picture anyone? Oil, Coolant, fuel, wiper fluid... what other fluids are there.. (manual tranny).. trying to identify this greenish oily stuff. doesn't seems like oil or antifreeze or a mixture thereof... road-nasty?? Every time i hit a bump there is a "bing" (like a service bell) from the passenger front wheel? Any ideas? A little gremlin hitting the spring with a ballpeen hammer was my guess... but he must keep hiding. Michigan roads suck! ahhhh... HELP!! thank you thank you thank you THANK YOU!! i don't know how some of you guy(and girls) find time to answer all of the less-experienced people's questions... but I think I speak for all the DeLorean novices when i say THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

-James La Londe
1981 Delorean DMC-12 vin#001697 LicPlate DMC XII
1998 Kawasaki Vulcan 800
1992 Ford Probe GT