[V8] Tires, accordions, and kick downs (oh my)

[David Head]

I keep my tires about 34 front, 36 rear. Most likely its alignment.
In my opinion, unless you have a hankering for a long difficult weekend 
the rack boot isn't worth fussing with until it begins to leak. With a 
replacement rack under 300.00, its better to wait.
Feel the bottom of your distributors where they bolt to the head.
Although the switch is located on the engine side of the firewall, the 
wires are on the inside. They go to a connector for replacement (which 
can be a bitch to find), then on the the TCU through the harness. All 
the switch does is complete a ground path for the signal.
The WOT switch on the TPS switch is unused on the automatic.


Jeremy Ward wrote:

>In my inspection, I discovered that I am wearing the shoulders of my
>tires down.  Does this mean that a) I need to stop cornering like a
>maniac, b) the alignment with my H&R springs is off, or c) my tires are
>under inflated?  What is the correct tire pressure BTW?  Any way to
>check b)?
>
>I also noticed that the accordion on the drivers side steering rack is
>now a 2 piece unit...  Is this a huge PITA to replace?  Any reason I
>need to take care of this ASAP?
>
>Oil breather hoses are replaced; I hope this was the source of my stinky
>oil leak (on to the exhaust).
>
>I still can't find the kick down switch (1990)...  It appears that it is
>the square 'block' next to the firewall (engine side)of the throttle
>cable, but I don't see any wires coming off of it.  I also can't locate
>any orphaned wires in the engine compartment.  Are the wires on the
>inside of the fire wall?  Where do these wires go?  To the TCU I am
>assuming...
>
>Does anyone know what the purpose of the 'wide open throttle' switch
>(located inside the TPS) if it is not used for transmission kick down?
>If the TPS-WOT is unused AND my kick down switch is truly broken,
>perhaps I can rewire it to the proper wires on the TPS...  Thoughts?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>  
>