I did...I just didn't mentioned it. I took the valve out and elongated the spring back to spec. Thanks though!

I'm going to go do the rack damper now and I'll post back in a bit.

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'84 Euro 300TD Turbo, 192K

So the idle was a little rough this morning, feeling like an occasional misfire, but not nearly as bad as it's been the past. I checked the rack damper and it was screwed all the way in. I backed it out one turn to see what would happen and it may have helped, but hard to tell.

Will keep the thread updated as I know there are several other folks who have this mystery problem, have done lots of work, and still haven't seen much improvement. Thanks again for everyone's help.

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'84 Euro 300TD Turbo, 192K

sometimes the spring goes bad and you need a new rack dampener bolt.

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-disav

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