I have a Q-jet that sits atop of my intake. It allows the engine to idle fast when in park or neutral. (not sure how fast as I don't have a tach installed yet....I'm gonna guess 1500 rpm or so....but it's fast enuff you can tell) I do believe the choke was off.

I first tried reducing the idle screw by turning the idle screw counter clockwise...didn't do much help. Then I grabbed the linkage for the secondaries (on the drivers side) and turned it counter clockwise...aha! Idle went down to normal.

So is my problem solved? NO! As soon as you hit the pedal it gets stuck again until you mess with the seconaries linkage. I even tried spraying it with some carb cleaner...still didn't work.

Any ideas on how I can fix this problem? TIA

Hey Dawg,
Are the secondaries hanging up on the gaskit?
:confused:

I don't think so but I can check.

Do you have the choke hooked up? It maybe hanging the fast idle if the choke isn't hooked up. Also check the throttle linkage to make sure it isn't hanging up, I have found this to be the case in most fast idle problems.

Could be the rear butterfly shaft is worn in the base. VERY common with Qjets. With the engine off, grab on and see if you can move it around. You can have them repaired.

Bend the arm so that the sec is a closed. In Roe's book there is the correct spec.