Or something like that. Thanks to several persons who helped me to add a photo to this message. Here goes. This is the part which I do not know what is: i rmn & etc.. Jim A.

Jim,

I could be wrong, but I believe that's the critter that shuts off your cruise control if you smack into sumthin'. If you bend the bracket out of wack, your cruise control won't work. My bracket is "in wack" & mine still won't work. Live long & prosper,

Don S

Don --

I don't think that's the switch. You're referring to a small mercury switch, mounted on the firewall at an odd angle -- this switch, in my rustbucket '83 GL, is pictured below.

Yep Don, jcovert is right, that's what it is. Same page in my Haynes - fig 13.113. You were also correct in telling me what it wasn't. I guess I gave "incorrect information". Let the litigating begin!

"...page in my Haynes - fig 13.113..."

Oh, yeah. Haynes says it's a "Pressure differential switch, B21FT only, 1984-85."

That explains why I don't have one in my '82 turbo, and I've never owned an '84 or '85...... So neither my non turbo '83 nor my '86 has one....

"...Let the litigating begin!"

No litigation! You're guilty! Let's move right to punishment!

Your punishment is to post three crummy puns -- really good groaners -- during the next week. Remember -- the worse they are, the better they are!

This is a switch. It makes no difference if you can take the pressure or not!

Don,

*I stand before you ready for my punishment, I guess I'm in for a good switchin'.

*I once had to burn a whole swamp to kill an alligator, does that make me a litagator?

Hope those were bad enough, only 1 more to go.

Your O'bt Servant,

Don S

p.s. I'm here all week & don't forget to tip the wait staff.

p.p.s. I am not a lawyer, but I play one on PC. Now I've paid my debt to the Brick Board. Oops, almost forgot, try the veal!

Best Wishes,

Shecky S

"...don't forget to tip the wait staff...almost forgot, try the veal..."

I can hardly wait for the last one (sigh, yawn, grumble, fidget...).

Those were really bad puns. In fact, they were so bad I couldn't tell if they were intentional puns or if you simply can't type. But I guess, using the convoluted, backwards punishment scale, that makes your puns really good.

If I don't wait, will you meat me halfway, or will you drive a steak through my heart? These are my salad days, and I don't want my thoughts squashed.

Don,

Nope, those weren't the puns, those are 'tag lines' that comedians say in night clubs. "I'm here all week", ad nauseum. Hence, the signature as "Shecky S", Shecky Green being a rather cliched comedy (?) 'hack'. Perhaps I should choose a different role model.

Of course, if I were a comedian, I coulda come up w/somethin' funny. I'm not a comedian & apparently, I don't even play one on PC.

The 'switchin', litagator & the lawyer one were my puns. I thought the punishment had to stick to the litigation aspect. Otherwise the post would have been off-topic & subject to more punishment. So far it looks like you're the one getting the punishment, had you known my puns would be this bad I coulda worked out a plea agreement to never post any puns at all. Oh, BTW, I can't type. I guess this usin' more than two fingers & not lookin' at the keys is kinda the wave of the future, it truly is the age of Aquarius.

Don S

p.s. You probably got the jokes (?)& this is like a 6 year old trying to explain the "to get to the other side" punchline.

Eeew. That gives new meaning to the old "This hurts me more than it hurts you." Just have to wonder who is getting punished. Take Foster, f'rinstance, a true glutton for punishment. He likes it across the chops breast. Sometimes he likes it with sole too, but he'll tell you when he's haddock. A shark wit is a joy to witness, but a ham fisted de-livery can butcher a good lion.

"...likes it across the chops breast. Sometimes he likes it with sole too, but he'll tell you when he's haddock. A shark wit is a joy to witness, but a ham fisted de-livery can butcher a good lion..."

I'm not taking that lion down. It's a fluke you were allowed to post here. Now, clam up, will ya? You ink it's a shift of wit, but we both know it's a wift of.....

"You ink it's a shift of wit, but we both know it's a wift of...."

Mako no bones about it, nor will I mince worms. Manure bad pun when he seize one, but the hammerhead just nose. Collet what jewell, you've got to roll your rump out pretty early to beat him to the puns.

If you have a B21ft engine it looks like the charge air pressure switch, part of the lambda sond system (page 244 of the Haynes manual)

Jim -

There is one of those on my 1983 245, and I think it's part of the system to increase idle speed if the a/c compressor is engaged. It lets in a little extra air to do that. Disconnect the vacuum hose to it, plug the hose. Then see if the idle speed changes with compressor engaged.

Lemme know, I'm not all that certain.

Good Luck,

Bob

:>)

DRAT!! Try this: http://www.scigraphics.com/files/Volvo part.jpg

thnx.

Be damned if I know what that thingy is.

Two things about posting pictures. First, you must use a properly-structured html statement, including the little arrowhead bracket guys to "enclose" the complete statement.

Without the arrowheads, your statement should look like:

img src="http://www.scigraphics.com/files/Volvo%20part.jpg"

Use the quotes. Also, use a "center" and "/center" tag (both also enclosed in the arrowhead bracket thingys, but WITHOUT the quote marks). Put the center tag before the image statement, and the /center tag after the image. This forces the image to appear in the center of the display.

Second, DO NOT use spaces in the address!! The "%20" you see above between "Volvo" and "part" is a crude way of replicating a space -- but Internet addresses do NOT want spaces. Spaces do not work in the browser, but if you manually insert them, the browser will find the image.

Oops.....

I shoulda said, "put the center tag before the image statement, and the /center tag after the image statement.

In other words, it would look like this:

[center]

[img src="http://www.scigraphics.com/files/Volvo%20part.jpg"]

[/center]

Except use the arrowhead brackets instead the [ ] brackets.

Also, I meant to say that the "%20" expression can be substituted for a space that exists in an Internet address. Spaces are undesirable.

Don: Thanks for your help. Wish I'd seen it earlier. Maybe someone else can recognize the part. thnx, i rmn & etc.. Jim A.