Transmission Question, and low idle issue

Okay wagoneers, lets get to this....

History:
My wagon(89 5spd) had been sitting for about a year and a half.
The timing belt had slipped and I have just recently removed it from the shop.
New Radiator, New Timing Belt, Water pump,and so on. Also had had the intake manifold cleaned of carbon.


issues i'm facing now:
Low idle....after the car has warmed up my car idles rather low and slightly rough at 700rpm
not completely sure how to correct this...

Transmission....(my e-break has been sticking probably because of being parked for so long..anyway..) I've been parking in 1st to prevent rolling. Well i noticed tonight that when i park in 1st the car slowly starts to slip and roll....is this a sign of my transmission going out?


thanks for reading! any help would be great!!

Comments

  • bam-bambam-bam Council Member
    Idle: could be a number of things. Start with cleaning up your EACV. Any codes? TPS maybe?

    Transmission: no worries. The slippage is your engine leaking compression. No worries there, either, just don't rely on it for parking.

    e- BRAKE: Apply it slightly while rolling to burnish the rust from the drums. Once it's clean it won't stick. Then adjust the rear brakes automatically with a few hard brake applications in reverse. You can tell it's adjusted when your e-BRAKE travel shortens as well.
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