From: bashley101@gmail.com   
      
   On 04/20/2015 05:37 PM, Ashton Crusher wrote:   
   > Is this a rear wheel drive caddy with a v8 engine?   
      
   V8, but front-wheel drive.   
      
   And speaking of front vs rear wheel driving -- I seem to remember that   
   the standard with rear-wheel drive is to brake going into a curve and   
   accelerate going out to maximize traction.  Wouldn't it be exactly   
   opposite with front-wheel drive, even though it sounds absolutely   
   unworkable?   
      
   > Assuming it is   
   > would appear that the CC is the old style vacuum canister with a cable   
   > connected to the throttle body.  As far as I can tell it's not drive   
   > by wire so both the gas pedal and the CC use a cable to "give it the   
   > gas".  So the first thing you should verify is that your mechanic   
   > actually disconnected and removed the cable that goes from the CC   
   > vacuum canister to the throttle body.  Maybe he just unplugged an   
   > electric connector and figured that would be enough.  And maybe it is,   
   > but if you disconnect the cable it's a done deal, no ifs ands or   
   > butts. Once that is removed there is simply no way that the CC can   
   > control the throttle even if it was working perfectly and you wanted   
   > to use it.  So that's the first thing to check.   
      
   I'll ask him.  I believe, based on conversations with him about other   
   stuff, that he's both sharp and thorough and would have done the most   
   conservative thing, especially since it was part of the third attempt at   
   fixing the problem.   
      
   > Once that cable is   
   > gone there really isn't any intended way for the throttle to open by   
   > itself unless you push on the gas pedal.  There is a remote   
   > possibility that the throttle return spring has come off or broke   
   > (sometimes there are two of them and maybe only one came off).  If   
   > it's missing, for example, one of two return springs there is at least   
   > a  possibility that if you push on the pedal that the air rushing thru   
   > the throttle body will open it even further then you intended, maybe   
   > open it all the way.  I don't know, just a guess.   There also remains   
   > the chance that the new parts your mechanic put on, like the idle air   
   > control valve/gizmo is bad.   
      
   Intermittent things suck.  It's the same model number as on-line parts   
   houses show, so at least that's one less thing to worry about.   
      
   > Item 22 in this diagram is the cable...   
   > http://www.tonkinonlineparts.com/showAssembly.aspx?ukey_assemb   
   y=814323&ukey_make=1085&modelYear=1988&ukey_model=15756   
      
   Saved for reference.   
      
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