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Beginners How To: Throttle Hang Fix

Hi guys. Could you please tell me How can I do this on a 98 4cyl. Zetec manual trans? Pictures would be VERY appreciated ;-) Thanks.
 
I know this thread is ancient but I just bought my svt a week ago and instantly noticed the rpms hanging between gears, so off to Google I went, and found this. I bought a 3/4" cap, drilled the 3/16 hole, threw it in there, and the car drives amazing now. Thanks OP, if you're still around!
 
Bought my SVT Contour a week ago and the throttle hang was the 1 issue that was driving me crazy. Performed this simple fix and found that the 7/32 hole fit my driving style the best. Thanks to the forum for this very effective fix.
 
Just bought a 98 SVT and have been plagued by the throtte hang. Needless to say I will be performing this fix ASAP.
 
Reviving a super old post, but my car is doing this as well. Did anyone that did this ever have issues from the fix? I feel like this is a bandaid, and doesn’t fix the original issue. Any insight 9 years later would be great.
 
bsal007 said:
Reviving a super old post, but my car is doing this as well. Did anyone that did this ever have issues from the fix? I feel like this is a bandaid, and doesn’t fix the original issue. Any insight 9 years later would be great.
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Considering it's explained that it's part of the emissions "fixes" made by Ford, this seems to be the official fix, not just a bandaid. I'm currently in process of doing it to mine today, hopefully to eliminate the moosing, and hang at the same time.
 
My car used to have a bad throttle hang. I did the orifice fix as in this thread but later found that - on my car anyway, 2000 returnless SVT - the real cause was a bad ground connection in the connector to the throttle position sensor. This made the ECU think that there was part throttle when there wasn't. Did a thorough connector cleaning with Deoxit and no more throttle hang even without the orifice.
 
2000SVTC said:
My car used to have a bad throttle hang. I did the orifice fix as in this thread but later found that - on my car anyway, 2000 returnless SVT - the real cause was a bad ground connection in the connector to the throttle position sensor. This made the ECU think that there was part throttle when there wasn't. Did a thorough connector cleaning with Deoxit and no more throttle hang even without the orifice.
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Good to know, I'll have to check mine. I did do the cap, had to drill the hole larger than listed in the original post to get the target idle speed that the a/c compressor seemed happy with (about 850), and it completely fixed my mooing issue, and the car idles down at a nice pace now so upshifts are a lot smoother.
 
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