Thank you guys for the info im going to screw around with this some more today. I have a vac pump it makes the vacum issues much easier to find. I will reinstall the vacum shut off and check to make sure it is installed correclty. as for the cruise control the linkage is missing going from the accelarator to the cruise control module so i dont think tat is it. JonL the electromagnetic idle control solenoid do you know where this is under the hood. also does anyone know where a manual of some sort for this car can be found neither hanyes od chiltons makes one and i have not been able to find any info anywhere. thank you guys for the help hopefully it will be runnig right soon as i can not wait to save some money on fuel.