Lug nuts and Fast idle

[Les Huckins <jhuckins@xxxx>]

I've skimmed the last quarter of 2000 and have a couple of comments.
Number 1, I hate the donkeys with impact wrenches that tighten lug nuts
so you can't get them off in case of a flat (I use the same technique as
mentioned on the list, 4' of 1 1/2" pipe as a lever for my lug wrench
and check every vehicle that I become owner of). Yesterday, day 11 of
my ownership I did the D, it was the worst I've seen, bent my very tough
lug wrench. I've seen nuts so tight they stretched the studs, forcing
stud replacement and after a time ground out so much metal the wheel had
to be replaced, ditto the lug nut. Mag wheels are also prone to crack
causing replacement of the wheel. Always specify hand tightening if you
don't do your own, or preferably, get a torque wrench and just have the
wheels snugged on and you finish to specs.

Fast idle. I read a question from another newbie inquiring as to why
his idle was so fast. He was told, in effect, there was no control over
this, it's handled by the idle circuit...just not so, there's an idle
stop screw adjustment that can very quickly run the idle up to very high
revs. My unit was surging every second from about 500 to 1200. I don't
know what the true answer is (yet) but I could hold the throttle down
slightly and it idles well when set at 850 so I set it there by turning
the stop screw in very slightly...there's a lot of adjustment left on
that screw.

Les