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[kris]

Looks like we have a winner (at the moment anyways)!

I dont know what cleared up the problem in all honesty, but I put "dry gas" in the tank & added 5 gallons of 91 octane gas, checked & cleaned the ignition coil & I was still getting the same problem. Then after giving the fuel mixture adjustment a quarter turn clockwise, she cleared her throat & didnt miss a beat. The car still smells like it is running a little rich, but at the moment the throttle response is perfect!

I will need to get it hooked upto a gas analizer soon & see what the O2 Levels look like. Im affraid this will put me back to square one though if it needs to be tuned down becasue en-richening the fuel mixture is what got the car to run perfect (it still sputters a little when you first start it, but it clears right up. I may need to check the cold start valve).

I moved onto the interior & spent three hours tearing the dash out & re-wiring things. At some point in the cars life, someone stuck about 25 feet of extra wire in the dash. There were wires spliced into the fuse/relay box going every which way...WHAT A MESS!

I will post some pictures soon too....

[Lizard]

glad to hear it is running good, hope it does't have to be turned down and stop running properly,

[Stu2j]

""At some point in the cars life, someone stuck about 25 feet of extra wire in the dash.""

hehehe..

When I pulled out the old stereo (not original), the wire just kept on coming. It would have been funny if it weren't such a mess. In some cases, the wiring didn't make any sense. The power antenna wire was spliced into the power source etc (I guess they figured it had to go somewhere).

[kris]

Well, Im sure it is going to run like crap again as soon as I get it checked. But I wont settle for this car to run like anything short of a high powered sewing machine!! And the mixture is obviously off for one reason or another... But I will get to the bottom of it....