Throttle Linkage '57 E-code Passenger Car

[KULTULZ]

... when idling at a thousand rpms

It shouldn't be idling that high unless you have one hell of a cam and a modified torque converter.

It's hard on the converter and overheats the trans fluid.

 

[russonator]

It shouldn't be idling that high unless you have one hell of a cam and a modified torque converter.

It's hard on the converter and overheats the trans fluid.

At the start of this thread, I mentioned that a symptom of my faulty linkage is that I can't get idle below 1000. Was merely pointing out that although a dashpot is correct, it won't address that particular issue. In other words, I was joking.

 

[KULTULZ]

In other words, I was joking.

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I didn't mean to upset you. I was just trying to inform (all) of excessive hi-idle possible damage on an AT.