Since I've had a few requests for this, thought I'd share it with the community...
Regarding the high idle, it looks harder than it is.

1. Get a friend to help, need someone to hold throttle open, measure idle speed, etc.
1.5 Get 2 air conditioner solenoids off a mid 80's chev car (in case 1 is bad). Its on the drivers side of the carb, a couple of screws and it comes off nicely.
2. Go to Crappy Tire and get a toggle switch, make sure its a decent one and some 18 gauge wire. (about 15 feet/5 meters)
3. Remove the plastic cover that covers the throttle cable.
4. Test the solenoid to make sure it works and to see how long the throw is.
5. Start truck and have friend hold it at 1200 rpm and see "roughly" where the throttle position is and mark it with marker.
6. Drill holes, make them a little bigger so you have some adjustment and install the solenoid (make sure its straight, use washers to shim if need be), snug things but don't tighten everything up just yet.
7. Find a good place in your dash and drill hole for switch, make sure there is nothing behind it and you have a good space for the back of the switch (and wires).
8. Run a wire from your switch to the fuse panel, I believe I used slot 14 for power (or 9) I can't quite remember, (one of the 2 is the dimmer switch for my gauges, you don't want that one) you want 12 volt continuous power with the key.
9. Run another wire from the switch to the solenoid, they are self grounding so don't worry about the ground. Make sure all wires are not pinched or can chafe against anything, zip ties are great for this.
10. Test solenoid, (it does not have enough power to move the throttle on its own, but if you turn it on, and tap the gas it will hold it at the rpm needed)
11. Fire up the truck, turn on solenoid and by hand move the throttle to 1200 rpm, it will take a few times to see exactly where it needs to be, but you'll get it. Shut off the truck, tighten everything down and try it again. If its good, take it apart and use red loc-tite to hold everything in place, I also double nutted it so it can't move.
12. You can leave the plastic cover off or modify it like I did with an angle grinder and you're done. It takes about 2-3 hours and 1-2 beer.

Any questions, let me know.

 

dam nice job! Great post. Take some more pics of the underhood installation. I love it. Although I have to disagree on the qty of time and beers.

 

Looks like a good write-up... Just going to throw out another option for those who are interested in this...

A few of us have built and installed our own electric high idle boxes that are adjustable from 850-2000RPMs. Just flip the switch and if you want more or less turn the ****. Cost is well under $30, maybe $20 dont remember. I have mine wired so I can turn it on or off with my remote start system as well.

Not saying yours is wrong, sounds like it works great! Just another High Idle option for us VP guys!

 

Whaaat ? 1-2 beers in 3 hours ?

Wait a minute it's Canada so it's metric, for us US measurements it's 8 beers

 

Can you supply details/schematics please?

 

You can do a search and find the thread, but here is the general schematic:

 

For whatever reason, when I try to upload pictures, it says they are already there. If you look at my member photo area, they are in there...

 

You have to copy the picture link location and post it here.

 

Thanks... I thought I was getting ready for the nut house... ahhh blond moments, gotta love them...

 

thanks for the writeup i am thinking about doing this for my truck. I would like to leave the cover installed though.

 

I put my cover back on, I just "massaged" it with the angle grinder so it would fit...

 

okay thanks for the info.

 

I like this I will be doing this soon! THanks for the write up! T

 

Where can I find the thread for this build? Looks like it would work perfect for my 2003! Hopefully...