Exhaust Heat Control Valve?
#16
the TVS, V REST, VRDV, and AIR BPV. Where are all these other components???
TVS is Temperature Vacuum Switch - this was a flatter circle made of plastic that had two vac ports on it. Inside was a bimetallic spring that opened/closed the through-path depending on the temperature it sensed. It just hung out there, with the vac hoses on it.
V Rest is Vacuum Restrictor - A thin plastic tube with vac hose on each end. Has an internal orifice. A color code described what size orifice was inside. Usually used to slow the operation of some vacuum-operated device, so it would not change states rapidly.
VRDV we talked about before.
Air BPV is Air Bypass Valve - I think this name and valve type was used only on non-computer-controlled Thermactor Systems (TAB and TAD were used on computer-driven systems). It was used to send air from the Air Pump to the back of the cylinder heads, or to the cat converters, or dump out into the air.
Simple versions of these were used starting in 1970 on cars, years before catalytic converters. Adding air to the cylinder heads near the exhaust ports increased the breakdown of unburned hydrocarbons. My 1970 460's had one, a vac line from the carb would tell it when to insert air, or when to just dump it out. The Air Pump, being belt-driven, supplies pressurized air all the time, whether it is needed right then or not.
#17
These 3 go into this Intake vacuum but what are they for and what are these 3 suppose to be hooked up to?
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