Am I the only one whose uncle swore a $40 junkyard throttle body would fix my idle, and it actually did?

Zara Shah · 2026-11-03T07:40:03.501913+00:00

My uncle Ray has been turning wrenches in his driveway in Akron for 30 odd years, and when my 2001 Ranger started idling rough he said skip the dealer and grab a throttle body off a wrecked one at the Pick-n-Pull for $40. I ignored him for two weeks and messed with plugs and vacuum lines first, which cost me a Saturday and got nowhere. Finally pulled one off a 2003 with 140k on it, cleaned it with a $6 can of carb cleaner, and the idle smoothed right out that same afternoon. Now I feel dumb for doubting him, so what junkyard fix did someone hand you that sounded too easy to work?

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