Min throttle plate opening & IAC

[Greg Hermann]

>-----Original Message-----
>From: Gregory A. Parmer <gparmer at acesag.auburn.edu>
>To: DIY_EFI <diy_efi at efi332.eng.ohio-state.edu>
>Date: Tuesday, October 06, 1998 11:59 AM
>Subject: Re: Min throttle plate opening & IAC

Gracious me, what deprived boys--haven't you ever seen one of those 12 inch
long  pointed tip bars for a chain saw (meant for carving, etc.)??? Back to
tools 101!! Wouldn't even need the carbide tipped chain for pot metal!!

Regards, Greg>
>
>Heck, I've been known to remove the TB, cut the offending
>casting away, recontour it with a dremel tool, trash the torx
>install a hex headed bolt and even have it look nice when
>I'm done.   On some applications this actually is the easy way
>since then ya can use a box/open wrench, with the air filter
>on.
>Cheers
>Bruce         Grumpy tried using an axe to do it once.  Was trying to
>                  keep an eye on it, and wound up with 42 stitches in his
>                  forhead.
>
>>What's all this about using a drill and a sheetmetal
>>screw to pull out the throttle plate adj screw?
>>That'd require finding the drill and a screw and
>>pliers and....
>>
>>I thot you were s'posed to use an old broken piece
>>of a hacksaw blade to score the pot-metal enuf to
>>break it and then pop out the plug.  Is that method
>>not in the Chilton references sumwhar?  :)
>>It's fast and it works, but it's not as pretty as
>>doing it the "right" way.
>>-greg           Showin' my shadetree roots again...