ErikAnderson

i will try that. today it drove great until it got warm, i drove all around the neighborhood with little to no problem, only thing was that idle would dip down under 1k when i stoped at intersections and it would get rough for a second but that was it. I took it out on this drive because i found Spark plug#1 to be finger tight.... So after taking it on a confidence run i decided to drive across town to wally world and buy some more plugs. Once i came back out and started it up, it stalled on every intersection or any time i put it in idle pretty much. Any more suggestions? am i running on 3cyl? how can i check? should i change my plug wires also? I dont know if its normal operation is considered "poor" simply because this is the only brat i have owned, but i drove it up from portland (270mi) last week and it felt great. Oh, i also found a vac line in the air cleaner assembly to be bent shut.. its a little 2 inch loop hose that comes in the cleaner assembly and goes right out. it had colapesd... So i got a vac line off of one of my turbos (i am a WRX guy also) and put it on, this seemed to help idle a little bit. holy crap its a pain in the rump roast to learn a new car.

so i should start looking for a rebuild kit eh? i wonder how hard those are to find. erik

do i have to do anything else once i raise the idle? it seems to only do it when i am slowing down or on a slope.

My 82 brat Gl is having issues when in idle. Especially when i am slowing down, or stoped on anything but level ground. RPMs will *slowly* struggle and drop down to stall over about 8-10 seconds. Car runs like a champ when in gear. I changed out the fuel filters (both front and back), cleaned out the carburator with some spray carb cleaner, took off the air filter assembly and cleaned out all the lines and valves that are attached to that, and replaced the air filters. What is next? Is the carburator sick? Thanks alot. erik