<VV> PG - WATCH OUT!

[Stephen Upham]

When I tried this I pulled the rod from the engine compartment and it  
caused the tine on the transmission valve inner gear to bend and go  
past the nut on the end of the valve of the detent valve assembly.    
Pictures available if interested.  I know what you're thinking - you  
pulled too hard.  The first time I tried this, perhaps.  The second  
time - no way - I was concentrating on the feel of the detent  
engaging and it STILL happened.  BTW, if the tine gets stuck behind  
the nut, you can count on dropping the pan to disengage it as the car  
will race in neutral.  The last time I tried to adjust the linkage, I  
took the linkage on the side of the tranny through detent BY HAND in  
order to better control the pressure and then used mini-bungies to  
hold the linkage on the side of the tranny in full detent and the  
cross shaft in full throttle while I made the adjustments to the  
swivels in the engine compartment and the throttle link to the  
front.  My problem is that when I follow the procedure listed in the  
Basics book (and confirmed by others) the linkage on the side of the  
tranny is sitting too high (forward part of the arm above the pan  
gasket - should be 1/4 to 1/8" below the gasket line and it ends up  
1/4 " above) when the bungies are removed and the linkage returns to  
idle.

Stephen "hoping for time to delve into this problem" Upham


Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:29:15 -0400
From: jwcorvair at aol.com
Subject: Re: <VV> PG

Hi Jason,

I haven't been following this thread that closely, so I'm sorry if I  
am repeating some advice others might have given you. In your email,  
you do not mention if you adjusted the throttle rod from the  
bellcrank on the PG to the carb cross shaft. It is very important to  
make sure that, when adjusting the position of the swivel (not the  
correct term) on the throttle rod that goes into the cross shaft, you  
have the throttle rod pulled through the detent in the PG. You can  
feel the detent quite easily. Pull the throttle rod firmly and you  
will feel it seem to stop. Pull a bit harder and the throttle rod  
will continue farther toward the rear of the car. You can feel the  
rod pulling through the detent.

I had a similar problem that I did not correct until I really jerked  
on the throttle rod in my car. I had not realized that the detent was  
so tight.

Regards,
Joe White
CORSA, RMC