1985 GMC S15 fast idle

. AND THE CHOKE FULLY OPENS WHEN IT DOES FINALLY WARM UP?

HAS ANYONE MONKEYED WITH THE HIGH IDLE ADJUSTING SCREWS?

HAD THE CHOKE COVER BEEN ROTATED ANY?

MAYBE YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT THE OTHER FELLER DID. SOMETIMES IT'S A BLUR IF YOU ARE NOT ON TOP OF THINGS

IF YOU HOLD THE THROTTLE OPEN A LITTLE. CAN YOU PUSH THE HIGH IDLE IN PLACE WITH YOUR FINGERS. THEN LET GO OF THE THROTTLE

YOU ARE PROBABLY CHOKED NOW. PUSHING THE THROTTLE AGAIN SHOULD RELEASE THE HIGH IDLE. IS ALL OF THIS OCCURRING?

MAYBE I CAN TALK YOU THRU THE SET UP

DO YOU SORTA SEE HOW THE STEPS MOVE INTO PLACE?

HAVE I TOLD YOU I REALLY LIKE THEM MANUAL CHOKES.I LIKE BEING IN CHARGE. NOT A SPRING!

THE IDLE STEPS STILL WORK WITH A MANUAL CHOKE

I HAVE 5 OR 6 PICS OF MY MANUAL CHOKE, IF YOU WANNA SEE 'EM

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OK

JUST LOOK THIS OVER---THE PICS MAY MAKE YOU UNDERSTAND THE BI-METAL SPRING----THIS IS MORE "MANUAL CHOKE RELATED"START AT "JAN 10 2014"

https://www.2carpros.com/questions/1976-ford-f-250-truck-wont-start

THEN READ THIS STUFF

I WILL "ASSUME" THE IDLE STEPS ADJUSTING SCREWS AIN'T BEEN MESSED WITH

'JUST 'MEMBER THIS

IN ORDER FOR THE STEPS TO MOVE (ON OR OFF) THE THROTTLE MUST BE MOVED A LITTLE.....EITHER WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE PEDAL OR ACTUATE THE LEVER ON THE CARB WITH YOUR HAND

THE BI-METAL SPRING DOES THE REST--WHEN IT GETS HOT OR WHEN IT GETS COLD.....THE SPRING WILL MOVE THE IDLE STEPS AND THE CHOKE PLATE WHEN THE THROTTLE RELEASES THE LINKAGES.....SOMETIMES YOU CAN HEAR 'EM CLICK WHEN YOU PUSH THE PEDAL

IMPORTANT TO KNOWWHEN THE CHOKE PLATE IS FULLY CLOSED---THE HIGHEST IDLE STEP WILL BE IN PLACE....I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOUR SUGGESTED "HIGH IDLE SPEED" SHOULD BE.......ON MY '77 JEEP CJ 5 IT'S SPOTA BE 2000 RPM (TO ME, THAT'S TOO HIGH, SO I HAVE IT AT ABOUT 1500 RPM)

AS IT WARMS UP, AND YOU TAP THE PEDAL FROM TIME TO TIME, THE CHOKE PLATE OPENS GRADUALLY AND YOU DROP ONTO LOWER STEPS......TILL IT AIN'T ON ANY AND IT WILL NOW RUN ON REGULAR OLE IDLE SPEED!

WE WILL ADJUST ALL OF THAT LATER......WE ARE HOPING IT IS STILL ADJUSTED RIGHT

RIGHT NOW, LET'S ADJUST THE CHOKE COVER, THEN SEE IF IT ALL WORKS OUT
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WAIT TILL THE ENGINE IS STONE COLD

LOOSEN THE CHOKE COVER'S THREE SCREWS (BLACK COVER [MOST OF THE TIME]...SOME DO NOT HAVE SCREWS, YOU CAN TWIST THE COVER WITH YOUR FINGERS

ACTIVATE THE THROTTLE (EITHER THE PEDAL OR DO IT AT THE CARB) HOLD IT OPEN THE WHOLE TIME

ROTATE THE CHOKE COVER, AS TO FIGURE OUT WHICH DIRECTION OPENS IT OR CLOSES IT

WITH THE THROTTLE HELD STILL OPEN

ROTATE THE COVER TILL THE BUTTERFLY LIGHTLY CLOSES----DO NOT KEEP GOING AND PUT TENSION ON IT!!!! JUST MAKE IT FULLY CLOSE....BUT BARELY!

THEN TIGHTEN THE SCREWS ON THE COVER

WHEN THE BUTTERFLY IS FULLY OPEN THE "STEPS" SHOULD NO LONGER BE IN PLAY----YOU ARE RUNNING ON "NORMAL CURB IDLE" ONLY

.................................DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT I MEAN?

NOW THAT YOU ARE ADJUSTED, I'M PRETTY SURE YOUR STEP SETTINGS .......AND CHOKE OPENINGS WILL ONLY CHANGE WHEN:

TEMP RISES.........AND YOU ACTUATE THE PEDAL (THIS TURNS IT LOOSE TO OPEN) TAPPING THE PEDAL FROM TIME TO TIME (WHILE DRIVING) THE CHOKE SHOULD FULLY OPEN AND THE IDLE DECREASES DOWN TO CURB IDLE

WHEN YOU PUT HIM UP FOR THE NIGHT---THEN GO TO AWAKE HIM IN THE MORNING

........................CAREFULLY TAKE THE BREATHER OFF (WITHOUT TOUCHING THE THROTTLE) ......THE BUTTERFLY SHOULD BE OPEN (IF IT'S LIKE I THINK).........IT'S "COLD"........ACTIVATING THE THROTTLE SHOULD LET THE BUTTERFLY "SLAM SHUT" (YOU MAY HEAR THIS, WITHOUT TAKING THE BREATHER OFF, WHILE SITTING IN THE COCKPIT....READY TO GO

YOU PARKED IT YESTERDAY FULLY OPEN---THROTTLE WAS NOT MOVED DURING THE NIGHT

NOW IT'S MORNING--YOU TOUCH THE GAS PEDAL AND THE CHOKE SLAMS CLOSED

.........THE WARM UP PROCESS STARTS ALL OVER

DEPENDING ON THE TEMP, YOU MAY HAVE TO TWEAK THE COVER AND BUTTERFLY CLOSING TO GET IT JUST RIGHT

YOUR TURN

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Check t o see if linkage I s hooked up and clean all of it with choke cleaner. Might not be hooked up or cheoke pulloff is pulling it off to far.

I'M NO WRITER

BUT THE SITE DOES MESS ME UP SOMETIMES. CRAMMING WORDS TOGETHER. TAKING OUT MY HYPHENS. ADDS SPACING BETWEEN MY WORDS

ABOVE, IN THE OTHER ANSWER, I WROTE THIS

"IMPORTANT TO KNOW----WHEN THE CHOKE PLATE IS FULLY CLOSED---THE HIGHEST IDLE STEP WILL BE IN PLACE"

. MEANING. THIS STEP WILL GIVE YOU THE MOSTus RPMSs THAN THE OTHER STEPS. AS THE PLATE OPENS GRADUALLY. YOU GET LESS AND LESS RPMs OUT OF THE STEPS

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Unfortunately you have one of the crappiest carbs that ever bore a gm name to it. It's a varijet and a real pain the a. To work on. We dont' have any pics of this carb so best to gonline an dlook for them. If it looks like half of a Rochester 4 barrel it is an e4me carb if not is an e2se carb varijet and it should show most adjustments for it.

I didn't say you vehicle was a piece of crap I said the carb was one of the worst ones ever produced by gm. Not your fault that is what it was made with.
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go to this link it shows where everything is and will be the best help I think that you will be able to find you wold want your truck to idle at about 1600 rpm but I think factory says 2100 but tha tis kind of fast. use choke cleaner to clean the cam so it moves freely up and down. also you can set the idle while engine is warm it won't hurt anything and set electric coke in about middle of notchs. Make sure all the llinkage there is connected as well as ther may be a clip broken off so look for that first then all you should have to do is rehook the linkage back up as I kind of think that is what has happened.

VERY GOOD Hmac!

I SPENT WELL OVER AN HOUR LOOKING FOR A "HOW TO DIAGRAM" FOR HIM BEFORE I GAVE UP AND TRIED TO SHOW HIM HOW THE JEEP LINKAGES TO THE IDLE STEPS WORK. I EVEN BROKE OUT THE OLE CARTER BBD AND TOOK SOME PICS (MY HOLLEY 390 IS TOO HIDDEN TO GET PICS, UNLESS I SNATCH IT OFF, . AND WE AIN'T GONNA DO THAT!). MAYBE WITH YOUR LINK, I WON'T SPEND HOURS IN MICROSOFT PAINT MAKING MY OWN EXPLANATIONS

SOMETIMES JUST ACTUATING IT AND WATCHING AND BEING OPEN MINDED ON HOW THE STUFF WORKS IS THE BEST "CLASS" YOU CAN GET!

KEEP US POSTED AS TO WHAT YOU FIND OUT. AND MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU!

DID I MENTION THAT I REALLY LOVE MANUAL CHOKES?

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