Idle speed adjusting screw does not click

[Aart]

The idle adjustment screw on my injection pump could not be turned anymore after I had turned it a few clicks CW. I removed the cold start solenoid and a few hoses, and then the big nut with the knobbed spring loaded fuel adjustment device. The picture shows what I saw: the central screw, the leaf springs, and the two black and the two white screws.

I can now turn the central screw, the idle adjustment screw. But I do not hear it click and also do not feel much pressure of the springs on the notches of the central screw. It feels kind of loose. My question is, can I take the leaf springs out with the pump still in the car, and bent them in such a way that they regain their tension and press more firmly against the sides of the central screw again? Or should the leaf springs be replaced?

The platform that holds the 5 screws and the springs can be moved a bit. It is not firmly attached to something.  Is that normal?

And the central screw, is it screwed into something behind the platform? Is it possible that something is broken there?

Your replies are much appreciated!

[ctaylor738]

The spring is actually one piece in a V or U shape.  It has two little tabs on the open end to hold it. 

I can't see clearly, but it looks like your spring may be broken.  I think it would be a real challenge to replace it with the pump in the car.

Attaching a picture of how the spring should look fitted among the adjusting screws.

Cheers,

CT