J/30 Class Association Forums J/30 Forum The Boat, Sails and Equipment Idle/Kill Switch Issue

Good morning,

I'm trying to adjust idle on the old 2GM and am running into an issue: I can get it to idle nicely around 1250 rpm. It dies around 1000. While adjusting the idle is simple, when I get it in a good running position, the kill switch physically doesn't have enough room to move to kill engine. Am I missing something, or is there better idle adjustment system/hardware out there to get this done? If you look at picture, kill knob pulls the cable on top, compressing spring all the way etc. trying to move lever back, but no matter how much adjustment is done, the hardware fitting doesn't enough room to release lever far enough to kill the engine. Any ideas? Thanks

John
Circus 60219