Re: 5ktq brakes

[quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne)]

In message <362B5EFE.F6C687F1@remdesign.com> Wallace White writes:

> Almost, but not quite, I would think. It's still a ~$60 part, and you
> can check it easily, as detailed nicely in Scott Mockry's pages and the
> Bentley. Yes, there's always a chance that it's having intermittent
> problems when you're actually out on the road, but my (apparently
> original) wide-open-throttle switch seems to still work properly. I just
> set my DMM to its audible conductivity test and move the throttle back
> and forth many times rapidly, and it never failed to beep when at the
> right times.

This is NOT enough.  Scott Mockry has recently suggested that 4 ohms is
the maximum for the entire WOT circuit.  Continuity testers will often
beep at 50 ohms.  Check the reading - I had a switch that beeped at 35
ohms and didn't trigger WOT at the ECU.  Orin Eman has come up with a
_MUCH_ better test for the WOT switch, verifying its function by
displaying the drive to the WGFV.

> I was actually hoping that the switch was bad, so that I could replace
> it and get a big "improvement" in performance, but maybe it really is
> running the way it's supposed to! (Sure, there could be plenty of other
> things to check too.)

Mebbee ...

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