quadratrac vacuum
10-04-2005, 08:08 PM
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quadratrac vacuum
I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I used,
I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee in
the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low. There
are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12 in
(engine warm, at idle).
Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not had
a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting contined
in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum lines.
Chip
I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee in
the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low. There
are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12 in
(engine warm, at idle).
Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not had
a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting contined
in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum lines.
Chip
10-04-2005, 10:55 PM
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Re: quadratrac vacuum
My guess is if the switch was bad, it would leak regardless of whether you
pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
case, the system is pretty simple.
"Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I
used,
> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee
in
> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
There
> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12
in
> (engine warm, at idle).
>
> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not
had
> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting
contined
> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum
lines.
>
> Chip
>
>
>
pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
case, the system is pretty simple.
"Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I
used,
> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee
in
> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
There
> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12
in
> (engine warm, at idle).
>
> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not
had
> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting
contined
> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum
lines.
>
> Chip
>
>
>
10-04-2005, 10:55 PM
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Re: quadratrac vacuum
My guess is if the switch was bad, it would leak regardless of whether you
pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
case, the system is pretty simple.
"Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I
used,
> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee
in
> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
There
> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12
in
> (engine warm, at idle).
>
> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not
had
> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting
contined
> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum
lines.
>
> Chip
>
>
>
pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
case, the system is pretty simple.
"Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I
used,
> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee
in
> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
There
> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12
in
> (engine warm, at idle).
>
> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not
had
> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting
contined
> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum
lines.
>
> Chip
>
>
>
10-04-2005, 10:55 PM
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Re: quadratrac vacuum
My guess is if the switch was bad, it would leak regardless of whether you
pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
case, the system is pretty simple.
"Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I
used,
> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee
in
> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
There
> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12
in
> (engine warm, at idle).
>
> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not
had
> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting
contined
> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum
lines.
>
> Chip
>
>
>
pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
case, the system is pretty simple.
"Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I
used,
> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee
in
> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
There
> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12
in
> (engine warm, at idle).
>
> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not
had
> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting
contined
> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum
lines.
>
> Chip
>
>
>
10-05-2005, 07:12 AM
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Re: quadratrac vacuum
Tom Greening did pass the time by typing:
> My guess is if the switch was bad, it would leak regardless of whether you
> pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
> If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
> either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
> switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
> the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
> well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
> Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
> of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
> need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
> case, the system is pretty simple.
I use one of these for testing vac lines. But be careful. Never go above
what the device your testing can take. In most cases 12" of vac.
The gauge will then tell you if there is a slow leak. And with an assortment
of golf T's and plastic caps you can work your way down the lines to find the
leak. For hardline/softline mixes it's usually where they fit over each other.
That can be fixed by a bit of glue or thin sealant.
http://www.mityvac.com/
> "Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
>> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I used,
>> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee in
>> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
> There
>> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
>> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12 in
>> (engine warm, at idle).
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
>> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not had
>> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting contined
>> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum lines.
>>
>> Chip
> My guess is if the switch was bad, it would leak regardless of whether you
> pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
> If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
> either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
> switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
> the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
> well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
> Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
> of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
> need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
> case, the system is pretty simple.
I use one of these for testing vac lines. But be careful. Never go above
what the device your testing can take. In most cases 12" of vac.
The gauge will then tell you if there is a slow leak. And with an assortment
of golf T's and plastic caps you can work your way down the lines to find the
leak. For hardline/softline mixes it's usually where they fit over each other.
That can be fixed by a bit of glue or thin sealant.
http://www.mityvac.com/
> "Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
>> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I used,
>> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee in
>> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
> There
>> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
>> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12 in
>> (engine warm, at idle).
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
>> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not had
>> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting contined
>> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum lines.
>>
>> Chip
10-05-2005, 07:12 AM
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Re: quadratrac vacuum
Tom Greening did pass the time by typing:
> My guess is if the switch was bad, it would leak regardless of whether you
> pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
> If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
> either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
> switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
> the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
> well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
> Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
> of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
> need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
> case, the system is pretty simple.
I use one of these for testing vac lines. But be careful. Never go above
what the device your testing can take. In most cases 12" of vac.
The gauge will then tell you if there is a slow leak. And with an assortment
of golf T's and plastic caps you can work your way down the lines to find the
leak. For hardline/softline mixes it's usually where they fit over each other.
That can be fixed by a bit of glue or thin sealant.
http://www.mityvac.com/
> "Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
>> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I used,
>> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee in
>> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
> There
>> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
>> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12 in
>> (engine warm, at idle).
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
>> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not had
>> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting contined
>> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum lines.
>>
>> Chip
> My guess is if the switch was bad, it would leak regardless of whether you
> pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
> If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
> either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
> switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
> the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
> well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
> Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
> of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
> need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
> case, the system is pretty simple.
I use one of these for testing vac lines. But be careful. Never go above
what the device your testing can take. In most cases 12" of vac.
The gauge will then tell you if there is a slow leak. And with an assortment
of golf T's and plastic caps you can work your way down the lines to find the
leak. For hardline/softline mixes it's usually where they fit over each other.
That can be fixed by a bit of glue or thin sealant.
http://www.mityvac.com/
> "Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
>> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I used,
>> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee in
>> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
> There
>> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
>> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12 in
>> (engine warm, at idle).
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
>> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not had
>> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting contined
>> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum lines.
>>
>> Chip
10-05-2005, 07:12 AM
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Re: quadratrac vacuum
Tom Greening did pass the time by typing:
> My guess is if the switch was bad, it would leak regardless of whether you
> pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
> If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
> either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
> switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
> the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
> well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
> Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
> of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
> need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
> case, the system is pretty simple.
I use one of these for testing vac lines. But be careful. Never go above
what the device your testing can take. In most cases 12" of vac.
The gauge will then tell you if there is a slow leak. And with an assortment
of golf T's and plastic caps you can work your way down the lines to find the
leak. For hardline/softline mixes it's usually where they fit over each other.
That can be fixed by a bit of glue or thin sealant.
http://www.mityvac.com/
> "Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
>> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I used,
>> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee in
>> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
> There
>> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
>> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12 in
>> (engine warm, at idle).
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
>> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not had
>> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting contined
>> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum lines.
>>
>> Chip
> My guess is if the switch was bad, it would leak regardless of whether you
> pinch the lines or not. Well at least the lines that go to the xfer case.
> If it goes up when you pinch the line that feeds the switch, it could be
> either the switch or the line. Pinch the line right where it goes into the
> switch. If the vac. goes up that line should be good so pinch the lines on
> the output side of the switch. If it goes up, the switch should be good as
> well. You should probably cycle the switch and repeat the previous step.
> Now go down to the transfer case and pinch lines there, one at a time. One
> of these lines should be the culprit at this point. Again, I think you will
> need to cycle the switch to be sure of which one is the problem. In any
> case, the system is pretty simple.
I use one of these for testing vac lines. But be careful. Never go above
what the device your testing can take. In most cases 12" of vac.
The gauge will then tell you if there is a slow leak. And with an assortment
of golf T's and plastic caps you can work your way down the lines to find the
leak. For hardline/softline mixes it's usually where they fit over each other.
That can be fixed by a bit of glue or thin sealant.
http://www.mityvac.com/
> "Chip" <cjenkins1@nospam.neo.rr.com> wrote in message
> news:nQE0f.47329$ib1.18508@tornado.ohiordc.rr.com. ..
>> I was checking the vacuum on my AMC 360. With the vacuum gage that I used,
>> I pulled the vacuum from the port for the quadratrac switch. I put a tee in
>> the line and read about 5 in. I thought this was just a little low.
> There
>> are 3 vacuum lines that go through the firewall and two of them go down to
>> the transfer case. When I pinch the lines, the vacuum gage went up to 12 in
>> (engine warm, at idle).
>>
>> Does anyone have experience with quadratrac? The friend that I bought the
>> jeep from still has the manual that came with the quadratrac, I have not had
>> a chance to get it from him to see if there is any trouble shooting contined
>> in it. My first guess would be a bad switch or a hole in the vacuum lines.
>>
>> Chip
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