'84 Coupe' GT- ISV From Mars?

[Huw Powell]

> My '84 Coupe' ISV........has anybody ever seen this thing before? It
> looks like none I've ever seen except in a bad SciFi. Has anyone had the
> pleasure of trying to get the thing out? Well, try 2 hours. It sits
> mounted to the side of the intake manifold....UNDER the throttle body.

doesn't sound like where it is *supposed* to be... which is still nasty,
but pretty much on top, in the middle of a snarl of molded vacuum hoses
and wires.

Do you have a photo of the way your car is hosed?

> My question is: what is the history of these things lasting
> after cleaning? My bet is that this is the original and was probably
> never cleaned.

heh, I dunno, never having cleaned one that "needed" it, ie wasn't
working.  The one in my Coupe is still working flawlessly, even going
months without use, and it's from an '84 originally.

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Huw Powell

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