Well today was weekend mechanic day for me.

I finally encouraged myself to do the TB cleaning. The initial removal of the components were quite easy. The plates did not look that bad but they were covered with carbon. I did run into one problem. I had purchased a new gasket and removing the old one was quite a struggle. It would not simply scrape off. I tried to soak it in hot water but no luck. I even tried gasoline but it was like fused on. After 75 minutes of patience and hard work, I finally managed to scrape the damn thing off.

After the re-assembly and ignition start, I was expecting the idle to be way off, but it was not. But the tail pipe did blow dirty smoke for about 1 minute. But the idle was now silky smooth with no vibration at all.

Thanks to all you guys (Brubenstein & CraigB) for all the step by step help and encouragement.

Afterwards, I installed a brand new antenna and it works like a charm.

 

I'd like to do this too...where can I get those instructions?

Thanks

 

http://www.geocities.com/bracecraig/maxima/tb/tb.html

Thanks Craig, I followed the instructions too and cleaned my TB!

Dave

 

a few minutes ago...took it for a test drive around the block and man can you feel the difference!! no more hesitation at all! WOOOHOOOO, return of the VG!