Any such animal on the 75 (Ford 351) engine? When they go bad what kind
of symptoms do you get? Out of curiosity, do they still use them
nowadays or do the electronics incorporate the switch?
And John, as for your articles go, maybe someone could write about
updating the old engines to say electronic ignition, putting in some
computer controlled modules, etc. Do they make retrofit kits? If so,
how difficult and expensive? Is it worth doing - cost vs benefit? (Of
course, I like the simplicity of the 351 but there have been
improvements made by electronics as well, even though diagnosing
problems becomes a professional undertaking.)
Thanks,
Amo #1207
John T. Blair wrote:
>I'll bite. What is a CTO (TVS) switch and what do they do?
>
>John
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>At 09:03 AM 1/16/2004 -0600, Jim Pivirotto wrote:
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>>I have not replaced it but probably should. What are the part numbers?
>>thanks Pugs 756
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Alan Coleman [mailto:colemaal@hotmail.com]
>>Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2004 4:06 PM
>>To: Bricklin@autox.team.net
>>Subject: CTO Switches
>>
>>
>>I had a conversation the other day with a guy from work who restores old
>>Jeeps for a hobby. He was telling me how badly the AMC 360 engine will run
>>when the CTO (TVS) switches go bad, especially the one that controls the
>>spark advance. These are the thermostatically operated vacuum switches on
>>the intake manifold and apparently they do go bad often. He printed me out
>>a list with cross referenced parts, which judging by the number of
>>manufacturers are readily available, even from the Jeep dealer. I see that
>>this is a part that we do not have on our list.
>>
>>Has anyone replaced theirs and if so, with what???
>>
>>Alan Coleman
>>#246 (original owner)
>>
>>
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