On Sat, 2011-05-28 at 21:08 -0400, David Beierl wrote:

> At 06:33 PM 5/28/2011, Rocket J Squirrel wrote:
> >And there are so many unanswered questions. For example -- the little
> >electronic idle stabilizer box on the left side of the engine. I know
> >what it does for a living, but I have no idea how it does it . . . I
> >mean, what is it using for a "clock" to compare the engine rpms to to
> >determine if the engine is slowing down? Three wires in, three wires
> >out. Bypassable. David Beierl -- you're our only hope!
>
> It just sits in line between the distributor and the ECU.  Whenever
> the timing pulse drops below the frequency corresponding to the
> correct idle speed

Yeah but what does it use for a frequency reference?

-- RJS