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I am having a problem with my idle speed adjustment on my 92/3 Festiva. Here is the story.
I bought the car with a cracked head, so I swapped out the engine for a junkyard engine. I used all of my parts (Except for the block and head)as I drove the car home 50 miles and everything was ok except, of course for the cracked head.
While replacing the engine, I also decided to drill and tap new holes for the drivers side radiator mount, which the bolts had previously broken off and was being held on with wire ties. While drilling the old bolts out, I ran the drill bit through the wiring harness under the rad support, shredding the co-axial wire that runs to the air box, plus 6 other wires (passenger side lights). I spliced them back together, but when I start the car, the engine races and does not slow down. I don't have a tach, but I would guess its idling at around 1800 rpms.
Before I spliced the wires back together, the car idled at normal speed, but it missed a lot and the car was undrivable. The engine would stumble and drop to idle speed whenever I tried to accelerate.
The Haynes book that I have says to run a jumper wire from the test connector terminal to ground before adjusting the idle speed. The problem is that I don't know where the test connector is. I have 2 connectors that look like the picture in the book, but I don't know which one (or even if either of them is it) of the two that it is. I'm afraid if I ground the wrong one and start the car, I might f#*k up the electrical system. In an attempt to "fake out" the system, I tried turning the adjusting screw with the engine off and then starting the engine, but it did not change the idle speed. I don't know jack about electrical stuff, so if someone could help me identify the right connector, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Bryan
I bought the car with a cracked head, so I swapped out the engine for a junkyard engine. I used all of my parts (Except for the block and head)as I drove the car home 50 miles and everything was ok except, of course for the cracked head.
While replacing the engine, I also decided to drill and tap new holes for the drivers side radiator mount, which the bolts had previously broken off and was being held on with wire ties. While drilling the old bolts out, I ran the drill bit through the wiring harness under the rad support, shredding the co-axial wire that runs to the air box, plus 6 other wires (passenger side lights). I spliced them back together, but when I start the car, the engine races and does not slow down. I don't have a tach, but I would guess its idling at around 1800 rpms.
Before I spliced the wires back together, the car idled at normal speed, but it missed a lot and the car was undrivable. The engine would stumble and drop to idle speed whenever I tried to accelerate.
The Haynes book that I have says to run a jumper wire from the test connector terminal to ground before adjusting the idle speed. The problem is that I don't know where the test connector is. I have 2 connectors that look like the picture in the book, but I don't know which one (or even if either of them is it) of the two that it is. I'm afraid if I ground the wrong one and start the car, I might f#*k up the electrical system. In an attempt to "fake out" the system, I tried turning the adjusting screw with the engine off and then starting the engine, but it did not change the idle speed. I don't know jack about electrical stuff, so if someone could help me identify the right connector, I would appreciate it.
Thanks,
Bryan
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