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

[fahrvegnugen at cox.net (David Utley)]

> 
> From: Neptuno <neptunonc@yahoo.com>
> Date: 2004/09/13 Mon PM 04:39:59 EDT
> To: Lars Bruchmann <pilotlars@yahoo.com>,  fahrvegnugen@cox.net, 
>   scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> Subject: Re: T-switch on side of block, Early CIS...
> 
> Does anyone have a $price for this switch?
> 
> Just wondering,
> Tony
> 
About 25.00, but more than likely you will have to update the connector that goes to it.  Another 10.00 or so...

David 

--- Lars Bruchmann <pilotlars@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > 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
> > > > 
> > > > 
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> > > > 
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