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04-22-2007, 09:19 PM
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Hellasick
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Death Moans, IA
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what is this thing???
Anybody got a clue what it is???
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04-22-2007, 10:03 PM
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Self-proclaimed LED man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Harrisburg, Missouri
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Re: what is this thing???
somethign to do with electrically shutting off the vacuum advance.
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04-22-2007, 11:31 PM
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Well, Whoop-dee-do!
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Easton, Mo. pop.- me & scarcely a few others
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Re: what is this thing???
Yep, it's an emissions control that allowed vaccum to the advance in 3rd gear only. It is controlled by an external sending unit on the transmission case. That switch was probably removed decades ago- leak prone POS.
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04-22-2007, 11:34 PM
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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Colfax-California
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Re: what is this thing???
TCS solenoid---transmission controlled spark. Allowed vac to the distributor only when the trans shifted into high or 3rd gear
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04-23-2007, 09:12 AM
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Hellasick
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Death Moans, IA
Posts: 876
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Re: what is this thing???
so I can just toss it when I get around to it? Since the vac lines are not even hooked up.
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04-23-2007, 09:40 AM
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Java Mechanic
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Martinsburg, WV
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Re: what is this thing???
Unless you have some great need to restore the engine to the exact configuration it was delivered in -- it's nothing but a performance leach and a problem waiting to happen.
Early GM emissions control schemes would have made Rube Goldberg proud.
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