Idling About 4-5000 RPMS

[FestivaWilliam08]

no it has a connector on it and plugs into a seperate place in the back of the alt.


Se the stud coming out on the upper left? That's where the battery wire with the eyelet goes. Then below that do you see the single wire connection? That is where you plug in the red wire that goes to the choke.
Sorry if the picture is bad quality I used my phone. This Alt came off an '88 so it should be the same as yours.

Sweet...gonne try it now & see if mine has it

[FestivaWilliam08]

OK..Hotwire with eyelet to the connector (with the black arrow).........Red wire from carborator to the connector (with the red arrow).....What goes to the connector (with the purple arrow) ?

just hoooking up the black wire & the wire to the car still hasn't helped it idle right :-(

Of course neither does it raining now lol

[FestivaWilliam08]

Idling About 4-5000 RPMS



OK..Hotwire with eyelet to the connector (with the black arrow).........Red wire from carborator to the connector (with the red arrow).....What goes to the connector (with the purple arrow) ?

just hoooking up the black wire & the wire to the car still hasn't helped it idle right :sad:

[FestivaWilliam08]

Update on my car's Idle Trouble

ok first when you started the car it would run up to 4000 RPMs & then I got it down to 3500 but it wouldn't back down at all......NOW its going up to 3500 & backing off to 3000.....Whats the good idle RPM for our festy's & any suggestion on getting it lower....(The throttle cable is loose theres some slack in the cable)...

Also there is a blue wired connect that comes out from under the distributor that has no mate...where does this go?

Still have alot of vacuum lines that I have no clue if they are important or where they go...please help if ya can

Thanks Guys

Pictures to follow

[FestivaWilliam08]

[FestivaWilliam08]

Additional pic

[Festy46]

The purple arrow is pointing to the field terminal and the regulator terminal. You should have a plastic plug with 2 wires connected to plug into this spot. If your engine is idling at 4 or 5 grand, you have got to have something holding the throttle plate(s) open. Check the secondary side of the carb. The throttle cable is connected to the primary side and there is a diaphragm with a short round shaft connected to the secondary. Find the secondary and try to turn the shaft to close it. You would be pulling that little round shaft away from the diaphragm. Make sure the fast idle cam drops out of the way when the choke comes off, too.

[FestivaWilliam08]

The purple arrow is pointing to the field terminal and the regulator terminal. You should have a plastic plug with 2 wires connected to plug into this spot. If your engine is idling at 4 or 5 grand, you have got to have something holding the throttle plate(s) open. Check the secondary side of the carb. The throttle cable is connected to the primary side and there is a diaphragm with a short round shaft connected to the secondary. Find the secondary and try to turn the shaft to close it. You would be pulling that little round shaft away from the diaphragm. Make sure the fast idle cam drops out of the way when the choke comes off, too.

I have done figured out I think what went here but I have another post as well seperate from this one.....Thanks for the note about the secondary side I will check that

[scottxd45]

OK..Hotwire with eyelet to the connector (with the black arrow).........Red wire from carborator to the connector (with the red arrow).....What goes to the connector (with the purple arrow) ?

just hoooking up the black wire & the wire to the car still hasn't helped it idle right :-(

Of course neither does it raining now lol

The other one is a 2 wire connector that I think is coming from the same harness as the wire with the eyelet. I would take a picture of it but I changed mine to the connector like the newer festies. It's shaped just like the opening there in the picture though so it shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

[FestivaWilliam08]

The other one is a 2 wire connector that I think is coming from the same harness as the wire with the eyelet. I would take a picture of it but I changed mine to the connector like the newer festies. It's shaped just like the opening there in the picture though so it shouldn't be too hard to figure out.

Thanks again....Done figured this one out but there is another one I have going also ....thanks again for all your help

[scottxd45]

Is the wire circled in yellow blue with a yellow stripe? If so it connects to the blue wire from the dist. and your connector must be cut off I guess.

Then in the top vaccuum hose picture on mine it is going to the bottom of a soleniod looking thing on the pass. side firewall. The same one that has a vaccuum line with the green round thing on it. haha these arn't very technical directions but ask questions if you don't understand what I'm talking about.

[scottxd45]

I think you can see where A goes from this picture. I'm not sure what B is. Maybe if you can get another picture I can help with it too.

[FestivaWilliam08]

Newer pics as of 5/29/08 8:45am


This wire is wrapped together with the ones that runs to the alternator


This one is on the drivers side near the Big Canister

[FestivaWilliam08]

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As in the vacuum lines

the little arm that the arrow is pointing at..when you pull back on the throttle it moves with it but when you release the throttle the arm goes back & sets on another arm under (underneath the arrow)

[FestivaWilliam08]

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