T-switch on side of block, Early CIS...

[pilotlars at yahoo.com (Lars Bruchmann)]

it sounds like that is in the same place as my thermo
timing advance switch, i just replaced mine, along
with some other items.  i don't have a comp, of
course, but the car runs great now!!!  
--- Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com> wrote:

> I wonder if that is causing my sputtering...I must
> check
> 
> Thnx
> Tony
> 
> 
> --- David Utley <fahrvegnugen@cox.net> wrote:
> 
> > G'Day,
> >    I discovered this over the weekend, so I
> thought
> > I would share my discovery to try to aid the next
> > poor bastard that has the same symptoms...
> > 
> >   What I am refering to is that little abortion of
> a
> > T-switch that sits on the drivers end of the
> block,
> > connected to a water hose that shoots off from a
> > hose to the heater core...  It is basically a
> tube,
> > orginally metal, with a old-fashioned two plug
> > connector...  It's function is to tell the
> computer
> > when the car is warm, so that it will read the
> > information from the 02...
> > 
> > The symptoms:  At all times, I my Oil Light and
> > Alternator Light would flicker.  This was really
> > obvious at night of course, as it would rarely
> come
> > on fully, and if it did, it was only a flash, not
> > solid...  The car also drove hurky-jerky quite a
> bit
> > of the time, and this seemed more obvious when it
> > was under light load, or light throttle...  It was
> > not obvious at highway speeds, but was worsening
> to
> > the point that it would eventually be so.  The
> last
> > time I dealt with this, I replaced the EFI brain
> > with a known good unit.  It went away for
> sometime,
> > until the last few months...  One last symtom, the
> > car was a bit harder to start.  I have a new
> warm-up
> > regulator, so I knew that was not it...
> > 
> > The fix:  Replace the damn thing!  Once I
> unplugged
> > it, and put a jumper wire in where the sensor used
> > to be, it ran better...  Disconnecting it made it
> > run better yet, more solid than I remember in a
> long
> > time...  These sensors are still available, and
> > IIRC, the newer ones are plastic.  Even better! 
> If
> > need be, and it is warm, you should be able to get
> > by without it jumpered.  Jumpering it puts it in
> > enrichment mode (RICH), so you may have to do so
> if
> > it is cold, but I would not keep it connected for
> a
> > prolonged period of time...
> > 
> > Hope that helps someone, it appears to apply to
> most
> > cars from 80-83 or so...
> > 
> > Cheers,
> >   David
> > 
> > 
> > ---Chrome don't get you home.---
> > 
> > 
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