Name That... Thinger!...

March 10, 2008, 07:10:22 AM

Anyone know what this is?

I ended up breaking the top of the it (plastic) when i wiggled the valve cover off. :flame:

It's in several pictures for other things in my old haynes manual, However i cant find diddly on what IT is.

Name That... Thinger!...

Reply #1 – March 10, 2008, 07:20:14 AM

http://www.foxtbirdcougarforums.com/showthread.php?t=18192

Name That... Thinger!...

Reply #2 – March 11, 2008, 01:33:37 AM

yeah, thats the "orange" vac line layout in the car. The orange vac solenoid can be found behind the coolant fill tank along with the tan, green, black and red.

there will be a white tube along the bottom of each solenoid which is the main suction point via the RED line.

along the elbows of the white tube, there may be a crack which may cause you to have a vac leak you never knew about. This piece is one common piece of bad engineering because if any part of it is cracked, it effects ANY AND ALL vac signals the car needs in order to operate the EVP and MAP.

NOW question back to you,,,,,,,,,,
Trace out the Red vac line to the drivers side. The red T's into a round thingy mounted on the fender well just before the coolant fill tank. Since the red vac line T's into it, i wouldnt think it is a filter. WHAT the hell is that for?

Back to the topic,,
that solenoid bank behind the coolant fill tank can be rather complicated to the untrained eye. If you want,, just unhook the power connector to the "orange" solenoid to deactivate vac to the part up on the intake you point out.

Those solenoids are normally closed. They could be pretty useful suckers for something one day if i ever figure out a use for one. For now, they are in my parts o' plenty pile in the garage. I played around with one of the solenoids and noticed they dont really want to opperate until about 8vdc. At that point they will open. That being said,, they could be a good control circuit add on for something.,,,such as..........

at xyz voltage,,,
solenoid will come on line
path is available to deliver a boost vapor fuel source ect
or
path is available to deliver vac to a device that requires a certain RPM based on a reference voltage (ie-specific throttle body butterfly position)
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: )
someone breaks in to the front door of your house while your out,, simple switch closes that provides 12v power to the solenoid...
path is available for a presurized canister to deliver tear gas at the unsuspecting idiot,,,lol.

yeah, yall better not come to west by god virginia,, we got time to think about stuff.