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:
>I have not replaced it but probably should. What are the part numbers?
>thanks Pugs 756
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>-----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
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>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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