I was just about to goto the bank today and pay rent when i started my car, its carbed so i usually pump it 3 times then let it start, i pumped it, let it start then when i went to i put my foot on the gas and the thing went limp and took off. i had to reverse back by the side of my house. i tried turning it off and still limp. anyone know how to fix this? I would assume its the spring but i dont know where its located and how to put it back on.

 

If your throttle return spring broke, it should not be hard to find and repair. Be glad it broke when it did, you could have taken a bunch of people out with you. I would guess that you only had 1 spring, the older carbed cars had 2, 1 inside the other larger spring so when 1 broke you still had a back-up. Back to business, locate your carb and find the throttle linkage. It goes from the gas pedal through the firewall and connects to the carb./throttle linkage. Look on the drivers side of the carb. and locate the spring. If it is still there, remove what`s left of it and go down the the auto parts store and get the correct replacement. I assume the auto parts store will have a part number for it so it should not be a big hassle. You should get 2 springs, a smaller one inside of a larger one. My`88 Iroc has the linkage on the drivers side and I am assuming your car does too. Let me know how you do, someone else that knows about carbs on these cars may reply and know more than I do.