f150 1985 Idle problem

landmime · 2013-09-18 17:38:48

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Sep 19, 2013 | 12:56 PM

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Sep 19, 2013 | 01:17 PM

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Ken Blythen

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Originally Posted by landmime

Ken, I messed around with that control unit you mentioned and got it idling again. I loosened two nuts on the unit and tried to move it forward but it wouldn't move forward that I could tell. But when I tightened the nut on the spring bolt it increased the idle enough to prevent it from dying.

Thanks for your help.

I'm also including a pic from the passinger side of the engine that J.Green asked about.

Running good now.

landmime, that screw is the one I meant. It shifts the whole vacuum unit (within it's bracket), backwards or forwards to adjust the idle.