Uhm Ibeg to differ...
FORD stole the design, called it good ole AMerican engineering
and have been using it since 1956. In all major mechanicl
implicationsof their automobiles.
Michael
--- Stan Wilder <wilden1@JUNO.COM> wrote:
> Back to flux capacitor:
> The Germans and Swiss used the flux capacitor on 65-72 VW
> Busses, they
> never got the system tweaked to its full potential. In 1972
> the Japanese
> discovered the patents and with additional engineering built
> successful
> units for the motorcycles being exported to the US, hence the
> term "Rice
> Rocket". The flux capacitor was integrated into the first
> Mazda rotary
> engine and qualified the first automobile to the name of "Rice
> Rocket". A
> year later it was installed into the Datsun 240 and later into
> the Datsun
> 260Zx, 280zx, 300zx. The ultimate second failure of the Flux
> Capacitor
> was that even expert Japanese engineers could not overcome the
> 65,000
> mile self destruct feature that the Germans had built into the
> original
> design. Most Datsuns with the feature are stacked like
> cordwood at US
> Auto Crushing facilities.
> If you want to recover a Flux Capacitor from Japanese built
> automobiles
> you will find it right behind the top cam gear, behind the
> timing belt on
> most Japanese automobiles.
> General motors made an unsuccessful use of it on 1979-82 350
> ci diesel
> engines in sedan and pickup trucks.GM engineers defeated the
> 65,000 self
> destruct feature and reset it to 5,000 miles. It is located in
> the
> ignition switch on all these GM cars.
> With a new staff of engineers GM Cadillac moved the flux
> capacitor the
> "Engine Control Module" in their 82 Cadillacs with the 4-6-8
> cylinder
> features and successfully reset the self destruct feature to
> 12,001
> miles.
> This was a great success for GM and they continue their
> practice today of
> setting the flux capacitor to the exact mileage that your
> warranty
> expires.
> Lexus has further refined the system to include electrical
> failures of
> most components on various schedules.
> Ford used the system with some success on their 91-99, Crown
> Victorias,
> Mercury Marquis, Lincoln Continentals with the first
> Electronic
> transmission.
> Jaguar used it until the company was bought out by Ford Motor
> Company, it
> is located on the rear main seal on all Jaguar automobiles.
> Jaguar also
> overcame the self destruct feature and set it to infinity.
>
> Stan Wilder
> 83 Air Cooled Westfalia
>

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