You CAN access every bit of the linkage with the manifold in situ, but patience is required. I've fiddled with these items far more times than I care to recall. I used epoxy to fix the plastic ball joints on the sliding linkage between the IP and CC servo bracket.
On 9/27/05, Kaleb C. Striplin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So Regina calls and says that the SDL all the sudden started > accelerating out of control. So I head back to check out the situation. > Apparantly the linkage to the IP broke(looks like plastic) and stuck > the IP to full open throttle. I mean FULL open. So I start it up, slam > it into reverse as quick as I can before it revs up too high, BAMM, > smoking tires, then to drive, smokes the tires for a block or 2 it > seems. Anyways, got it home, shut off engine as I was turning into > driveway. By the time I got back home(only a couple of miles) brakes > sure were smoking from trying to bring the speed down. Next I will try > some JB weld or something to fix that linkage. Hope I dont have to pull > the manifold. Casey Olympia, WA Biodiesel: '87 300TD intercooler (209k) '84 300D (204k) Gashuffer: '89 Vanagon Wolfsburg Edition (185K)
