no dumb questions here, just solutions to frustrations prolly your pedal return spring is weak - get things back to factory specs, skip the rubber hose
"When we tug a single thing in nature, we find it attached to the rest of the world" ~ John Muir "When we tug a single thing on an old truck, we find it falls off" ~ me Some TF series details & TF heater pics
prolly your pedal return spring is weak - get things back to factory specs, skip the rubber hose