1948 CJ2a "Hefty Horse"

Is your throttle rod from the pedal flipped?  I think the bent end with cotter pin should face the carb. Might help

I so have the spring, and its correctly in place, but the rod I believe it to be in the correct spot, the bind is smaller than that

Whed closed there is no play butwhen open there is some.

  The Carter WO carburetor model 636 used on the CJ2-A uses two throttle levers loosely connected by one screw. The throttle linkage and the throttle cable are connected to the inner lever which pivots on a boss on the side of the throttle body, around the boss for the throttle shaft. Motion of the inner lever is transmitted to the outer, or actual throttle lever thru that single screw, which is only tight in the outer lever. This is all to make use of an engine speed governor possible. Every Carter WO 636 I’ve seen has a LOT of wear in the pivot bore of the inner lever, on the boss that it pivots on, and in the hole that fits loosely over that single screw, as well as the screw itself. The inner lever also has a button that runs in the curved slot in the choke fast idle link. This link increases idle speed when the choke is being used. When the inner lever gets sloppy enough, the button can cock and bind in the curved slot and not allow the carb to return to idle speed. So far, I haven’t found a cure for all this but I’m working on it. If this is what’s causing your problem, removing the link will help, and will have no effect on the carb’s function except for the lack of a high idle feature. Mine was doing this and removing the link got me thru a week’s runs with no issues. 

I pulled the carb, fiddled with some screws and put a new choke cable on as well, as well as a new atomizer, whatever I messed with seemed to help with the kinda stuck feeling...  I also did hammer the curned guide flat again, and now it returns to idle nicely. 

Around that lower throttle assembly, cause everytime I move the throttle, it drips some

Big willy rock sliders on the passenger side, cleans up the lower side and replaces my bondo step

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Edited by General Eisenhower - 14 Feb. 2022 at 11:53am

I hadn't heard of either of those but I can definitely look into it, what makes them special?