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Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed. Skinnedknuckles #1107796 06/12/2015 12:45 AM
Joined: May 2015 Posts: 236 SW Arizona 4 48 Yuma Rebel Shop Shark
48 Yuma Rebel Shop Shark 4 Joined: May 2015 Posts: 236 SW Arizona	I suspect a bad rear mount that has broke free or near free, so when the load is removed the engine does a twist which changes the geometry of the throttle linkage. Baking in the nice desert sun, breathing life back into a 48 3800 5 window.

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Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	Skinnedknuckles	06/08/2015 2:55 AM
Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	48 Yuma Rebel	06/08/2015 3:08 AM
Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	Skinnedknuckles	06/12/2015 12:33 AM
Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	tclederman	06/08/2015 3:16 AM
Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	Skinnedknuckles	06/12/2015 12:36 AM
Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	48 Yuma Rebel	06/12/2015 12:45 AM
Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	Skinnedknuckles	06/17/2015 1:49 AM
Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	Skinnedknuckles	06/19/2015 2:25 AM
Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	48 Yuma Rebel	06/19/2015 2:37 AM
Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	Skinnedknuckles	06/21/2015 2:16 AM
Re: Engine races when clutch pedal is depressed.	sweetpealane	06/21/2015 10:18 PM

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