Adjustment
- Make
- Alfa Romeo
- Model
- GTV / Spider GTV and Spider (916) Factory Service Manual
- Year
- 1995–2000
- Section
- Accelerator control (1970 T.SPARK 16V) › Adjustment
Right-hand drive variantsAdjustment
– Remove the intake box (see specific paragraph).
- Working in the engine compartment, slacken the screw and nut fastening the transmission cover.
- Remove the cover.
- Free the accelerator cable pawls.
- Free the sheath from the bracket.
- Retrieve the sheath complete with cable.
- Disconnect the accelerator cable from the throttle. When refitting the cable adjust the accelerator control.
ADJUSTMENT
– Check that when the pedal is not pressed the throttle contacts against the stopper of idle speed.
- If not, work on the adjustment nuts of the sheath on the throttle body bracket.
– Check that when the pedal is depressed completely, the throttle reaches its contact against the maximum stop, without excessively tauting the cable.
- If not, work on the stop screw under the accelerator pedal.
Parts & tools for this job For 1995 Alfa Romeo GTV / Spider
- TOOLTorque wrenchSearch: 3/8 inch torque wrench
- TOOLSocket setSearch: socket set metric
- BOOKHaynes manualSearch: Haynes manual Alfa Romeo GTV / Spider
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