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Funny you should mention the Accelerator pump linkage.

But, first, a little back story on the car. About 5 years ago, I bought an 8 acre property way out in the country, way beyond land lines and cable.......:D

I have a 1K driveway, 1300 feet of a decent river, and, a pig farmer as my closest neighbour......

Also on the property, was, a 3600sq ft shed with a concrete floor. Inside the shed was Bettsy, a rather pale yellow four door Plymouth Valiant, complete with a signed ownership in the glove box.

Fast forward to 4 years later, and, I dropped a rod in my 05 Kia Sedona, had no wheels, so, dug Bettsy out of the shed. Front brakes were seized. Turns out, it is disc brake car, so, easy peasy job to fit new rotors, callipers and pads. It eventually started even on the probably 6 year old gas. Smelled like burning turpentine for a couple of weeks.

Have put 10,000 miles on it since last February. Pretty trouble free except for the last little while.

Anyway, back to the accelerator pump linkage. I noticed, when driving it, if I gave it too much boot after a fast stop, it would sometimes stumble a bit. It did stall a couple of times, but, once I got used to it, it hardly ever catches me out, and, basically hardly ever happens, nor, causes any driveability problems.

Upon checking this out, I immediately found out, that the screw holding the linkage to the carb, is missing, hence, no accelerator pump at all.

Being a bit of an economy type driver, I have quite often in the past disconnected the accelerator pumps from many of my previous cars with very little effect on driveability, but, a slight increase in economy. So, wasn't too bothered about fixing it.

And, that's my story, and, I'm sticking to it.......:happy1:

Al(BWA)