OK, as you guys may remember, I have bonne for almost 40 days and use her for commute of 130 miles round trip for almost 25 days. Don't get me wrong, I like her.

But...first it took me a long while to get the wheel stud out. Then it misfired--fixed with new plugs and wires and a bottle of fuel injection system cleaner. Now it appears that she has a throttle stuck close first thing in the morning. From what I learned here so far, I need to clean the throttle body. It seems not that difficult but kind of delicate to me...The drive belt is due for a change and I found this is the worst belt to change in the world...The right anti-sway bar link was also broken and I should change it too. But the bolts are so rusty that I decided to put it off for a little bit. It'* not that useful anyway.

Man, all small problem...But I hate to do them at one time now...now I have more time on weekend but the wife is not very supportive...She would rather spend 5 times more on a newer car...

Please give me some encoragement and some suggestion on what to do first. I think belt sould be first one, then TB, then link....Thanks!

fix your sticky gas pedal first, this is a potentially dangerous situation. Next would be the belt.

are you sure the gas pedal problem is the tb, I've seen floor mats bunched up in there do strange things.

Thanks! I did check the floor mats and they are fine. Dirty TB is the best I can think of after searching here. So I think it'* most likely the case. Some people have the same problem as mine here too.

Well, I feel that both the throttle and belt are kind of dangerous. But because the throttle only sticks first thing in the morning so far and it sticks CLOSE not open, I feel safer with it. Anyway, will try to clean TB and change belt this weekend.

When buying an older car..there is some things that are going to need to be done. I hopped in..got all my items done and haven't really dealt with them in over a year..

I know, but my wife is not patient enough to see me work on the car too often.

NP...send her out to work on it.

My son-in-law'* 00 GP had a sticking throttle first thing after sitting for a while. It went away after a good throttle body cleaning during the UIM/LIM repair.