crazy fast idle.....

[Kokamo]

Your welcome. Here is an alternative.......if you are used to no choke at all, you can adjust the electric one to not do anything at all. There are three small bolts on the plastic housing. Loosen them up by about one turn and you can turn the entire housing one way or the other. (cant remember which) Turn it till there is no choke effect....one direction will give more idle, the other way will give less.... go less until it had no effect on the idle.....then your done, or at least until you need the choke. lol

No problem man,

~Joe

[av8or32]

I hooked it up to the fuse block. The acc blade was broken so I had to plug it into the bat location which I know will cause a drain but it was the only option. It looks like my real idle problem is that my throttle cable is about 1/8 of an inch too short. I'd like to find a cable that'll snap onto the ball e-brock supplies with the carb kit or I might need to fab something up.

[Kokamo]

The fuse block is the best way to go on this, but to make it easier, you can splice off of the dist or coil wire. They are one sure wire thats hot with the ign on.

As for the throttle cable, I think Mr.Gasket makes an adjustable cable bracket.....might want to look into that. Summit may have something for ya.

~Joe

[av8or32]

Looking at E-brocks site, they have a Pontiac adapter for the throttle bracket. That might be the ticket. I've just been reminded that I really need to re-wire the whole car. It's a disaster under the dash.

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Kokamo

The fuse block is the best way to go on this, but to make it easier, you can splice off of the dist or coil wire. They are one sure wire thats hot with the ign on.

As for the throttle cable, I think Mr.Gasket makes an adjustable cable bracket.....might want to look into that. Summit may have something for ya.

~Joe

I would 'politely' disagree with stealing/sharing power from a coil or distributor wire....

Find a MUCH better place to take that 12V + from... the coil is not the place. It should also be from a 12V SWITCHED source....

[av8or32]

I'll be re-wiring the whole car next month so It'll be right garanteed.

[olds]

Originally Posted by Kokamo

Your welcome. Here is an alternative.......if you are used to no choke at all, you can adjust the electric one to not do anything at all. There are three small bolts on the plastic housing. Loosen them up by about one turn and you can turn the entire housing one way or the other. (cant remember which) Turn it till there is no choke effect....one direction will give more idle, the other way will give less.... go less until it had no effect on the idle.....then your done, or at least until you need the choke. lol

No problem man,

~Joe

Ahh! That is the choke! You must set this to control the amount of air/fuel before setting the electric choke/fast idle on startup. Then set the idle speed

[av8or32]

Lokar saved the day........I installed one of their throttle cable kits and it's all good now......the stock cable wasn't quite long enough.