weird electrical thingy
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weird electrical thingy
Im hoping that you wizards can help me identify a part. it is a metal plug thing in the drivers door jamb and is labeled as a ford part. #DZAF-12A164. it has 2 wires coming from it. what is it and what does it do? its from a 73 f100 shorty.
appreciated, eddie-
appreciated, eddie-
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Thanks, I think. Your Google search (plus the one I did) did not turn up any information that jumped out at you - if there is an explanation in that mess I did not see it.
You remind me of the blue-haired old lady that attempted to teach me English back in the 50's - any question about a word was answered "look it up in the dictionary!"
Guess I will have to go through life not knowing what a "Distributor Modulator Ambient Switch" does.
You remind me of the blue-haired old lady that attempted to teach me English back in the 50's - any question about a word was answered "look it up in the dictionary!"
Guess I will have to go through life not knowing what a "Distributor Modulator Ambient Switch" does.
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Distributor Modulator Ambient Switch??? What the?? Mil1on, I as well did not see anything that jumped out at me with your google link. I would suspect that this switch is supposed to advance or retard the timing depending upon the temperature outside? I have yet to come across a switch like this, is it something that was used in certain mountainess area's of the world or something?
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Found it - or Google did. I did a search on that part number and Google returned me to this forum - https://www.ford-trucks.com/forums/a...ex.php/t-92746
The question was from greenhighboy-- CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THE SMALL ELECTRICAL UNIT IS, IN THE FORWARD JAM OF THE DRIVER DOOR ON MY 72 F-100??? IT CARRYS A Ford part NUMBER..D2AF-12A164-B4..ITS GOT TWO WIRES COMING OUT THE BACK...BRN W/ORNG, AND RED W/YELLOW. ITS ABOUT 3/4 IN. ROUND WITH TWO EARS FOR THE ATTACH screwS, AND IS BESIDE THE DOME LIGHT, DOOR SWITCH.
The answer was from Tom C. ---- That is a temperature senson for the emission control system. Look on the passenger side firewall and there is/was as solenoid with 2 vacuum lines and a wire harness plug. There is as switch on the transmission to sense high gear. The advance vacuum is cut off above a certain outside temp. when the transmission is in the lower gears.
TomC.
That blue-haired English teacher would be proud of me!!!!
The question was from greenhighboy-- CAN ANYONE TELL ME WHAT THE SMALL ELECTRICAL UNIT IS, IN THE FORWARD JAM OF THE DRIVER DOOR ON MY 72 F-100??? IT CARRYS A Ford part NUMBER..D2AF-12A164-B4..ITS GOT TWO WIRES COMING OUT THE BACK...BRN W/ORNG, AND RED W/YELLOW. ITS ABOUT 3/4 IN. ROUND WITH TWO EARS FOR THE ATTACH screwS, AND IS BESIDE THE DOME LIGHT, DOOR SWITCH.
The answer was from Tom C. ---- That is a temperature senson for the emission control system. Look on the passenger side firewall and there is/was as solenoid with 2 vacuum lines and a wire harness plug. There is as switch on the transmission to sense high gear. The advance vacuum is cut off above a certain outside temp. when the transmission is in the lower gears.
TomC.
That blue-haired English teacher would be proud of me!!!!
Last edited by WillyB; Oct 10, 2004 at 08:21 PM.