Hi, having seen how deeply the throttle cables are buried (even worse on RHD cars than LHD ones) does anyone have any tips on the best type/grade of oil to drip into one? Keen to do anything to preserve the life expectancy. Thanks.

1979 spider veloce. Starts great. Idles great (~600rpm). Step on gas ... stalls. Will restart (sometimes needs a couple extra seconds). I can tap at the gas pedal a couple times and it gets going. At speed runs like a top. Hot, cold, whatever, it always stalls when you step on the gas while...

Sometimes I find when I am sitting in the car and it is idling, I can smell gas in the interior of the car (with windows and sunroof closed). The same smell occurs even when I drive the car around town. I do not think I have a gas leak because I never have puddles (even small ones) after I...