franko77 said:
A very tricky car to work on, as this model is almost nonexistent! It
idles so high, I don't want to put it into gear. The idle adjuster is all
the way down. A mechanic told me I may need a temperature sensor, which
may not be available. Any ideas anyone?
Something is sure out of whack. I used to have a 1970 145 here in the US,
and I didn't really have any problems with the carburetor. (Don't get me
started on the distributor and points, though!) It had a manual choke, too,
which doesn't fit in with the temperature sensor recommendation.
The central question is whether the throttle plate is open, causing the high
idle, or if the air is coming in someplace else and the carburetor is just
tweaked to keep it from stalling. My guess is that the throttle is actually
partly open, possibly because the throttle linkage is misadjusted. IIRC
there was a turnbuckle affair in the linkage on mine - it may need to be
loosened. On yours, not mine ;-)
Finally, how long has it been like this, and did it get this way suddenly or
did the idle just creep upward?
Mike