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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 492 Joined: 28-February 10 From: Wilmington, DE Member No.: 11,411 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
Just started driving my "project" ('73 2.0L with 74' F.I. setup) up and down the block for my preliminary road test. One thing I noticed, and my 79 yr. old father really noticed, was the gas pedal was very stiff.
I have already replaced the plastic bushings in the pedal cluster with the brass rebuild kit. Tonight, I disconnected the throttle cable from the throttle body and confirmed the cable / pedal was not the issue. It seems that the supplemental spring on the throttle body is the culprit. Is there a different, easier spring that I can install or is a stiff gas pedal just part of the normal Porsche engineering? Or, should I look for a '73 throttle body without the supplemental spring? Thanks - Scott |
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Member ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 492 Joined: 28-February 10 From: Wilmington, DE Member No.: 11,411 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region ![]() ![]() |
Well... started with what I thought was the easiest- the TB. Removed it and checked the spring everything seems to move very easily with the #4 spring off of the axle - pretty hard to move with the spring connected. The spring doesn't look like someone put an extra turn on it to make it stiffer (or if they did, it has permanently deformed to the new "setting").
Now for the new question: I took of the TPS cover to see what was going on in there. Luckily I was over my workbench so when the little rubber stop piece fell out (see orange box below), I caught it. Will super glue reattach the stop to the metal arm? ![]() Still don't really understand what the #4 spring does. Have to play around with it some more after dinner (IMG:style_emoticons/default/chowtime.gif) . |
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