Re: [alfa] strange L-Jet Spider throttle trouble

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Might be something to do with the plenum support rod interfering with the throttle linkage.   The linkage is really close to it.   If the bushings go bad it moves all over the place, along with the plenum itself.

-Peter

> Hi Group:
> 
> I'm having a strange problem with the feel of the throttle pedal on my '87 
> Spider.  With no prior warning, the throttle pedal will become very 
> firm.  It might take 20 minutes of driving or just a few, and then it might 
> come and go several times in the space of an hour's drive.  I can't think 
> of anything I'm doing that induces the feeling, and I've only driven at a 
> sedate pace while this has been going on.  It doesn't feel as though the 
> linkage is seizing, because the pedal will return quickly when released, 
> and the engine rev's will drop normally.  When it's happening, it feels 
> like the return spring has just become much stronger, which makes it 
> difficult to modulate the throttle.  It becomes almost either full-on or 
> full-off.  So, who's got a guess?  Why can't both my Spider's have Spica FI?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Dean
> Lutz, FL
> '74 & '87 Spider Veloce's
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