Mark; I have wondered about this myself. Have you done any research on the subject? I remember reading, years ago, about a fellow who re-bushed the butterfly shaft on old SU carburetors. I will try and search the web.
Good Luck and Drive Safely Ken Lewis 86 Crewcab,60 356 http://Neksiwel.20m.com/ On Thu, 17 May 2001 18:39:45 -0400 Mark McCulley <transporter99@hotmail.com> writes: > Anyone have any experience rebuilding a throttle body for the 2.1l > engine? > I've come to the conclusion that mine is pretty much shot after 120K > miles. > The butterfly valve has worn grooves on the inside of the body such > that > there is an air gap around the perimeter of the valve and a lot of > slop > along the axis of the pivot rod. The result is an inconsistent idle > and > problems setting the throttle position switch because the valve does > not > always return to the same position. This seriously affects > driveability of > the van around town (still runs great on the highway). > > How would one fix these problems? Fill in the grooves with JBWeld > and sand > smooth? > > New throttle bodies are $515.00 at Camelback and it's going to be > hard to > find a used one with low miles. > > Mark McCulley > Seattle WA > _________________________________________________________________ > Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com > ________________________________________________________________ GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or PREMIUM Internet access for less! Join Juno today! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. |
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