Idle control and maybe intake leaks, how to for swapping in a 52mm Vanagon throttle body Options

[VaccaRabite]

I broke the plug to my idle control valve. I bought a new plug housing. Easy. But I’ve had a devil of a time finding the right socket pins for the housing. Several weeks have been stalled waiting for 80 cents worth of pins that show up and are the wrong size.

So, knowing the 914 has to drive next weekend, I went full DACO and soldered a pigtail of wires into the ICV and then crimped them into place.

About to find out if it works, and will continue to work for a couple weeks while I sleuth out the right sockets for the plug Wish me luck!

Zach

[VaccaRabite]

I am leaning towards replacing the TB with the larger until off a bus. As well as the throttle shaft leaking, the butterfly is sticking open, and engine power is way down without the IAC valve feeding more air into the engine.

The butterfly sticking open slightly is the cause of my intermittent very high idle. Don't know if its a carbon ring or just wear, but as the engine gets hot it sticks open more and the idle sits around 2000rpm until it finally closes some time later.

Zach