Discovered the source of an oil leak at the rear of my valve cover. Replaced gasket, leak gone. Good.

Started truck and now it idles so slow it stalls. I'm guessing (definitely) that the throttle cable is not set correctly now that I removed and re-installed its bracket at the rear of the valve cover. Guessing for sure since it's the only carburetor related device touched during the gasket replacement. Ran out of sunlight and thought of posting here. Your ideas and advice is very much appreciated. Thanks!

Jim

 

Make sure you didn't knock out one of the half-moon seals on the head too. Thre's the one at the very front, and one at the very back that sit under the valve cover.

Sometimes you can knock the back one out when you put the valve cover on.

 

Thanks. Not sure I follow. I replaced both half moon seals when I replaced the valve cover gasket today. I can see the front one and feel the rear one. So..I hope I'm good to go there.