165 knock sensor sensitivity

[Bruce Plecan]

It's a pipe thread so just about any tightness establishes a ground.
Teflon tape gets cut quickly on tightening.
Bruce





> If you insulate (electrical) the threads where does the knock sensor get
its
> ground reference (assuming it needs one)?
>
> Bob
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-gmecm at diy-efi.org [mailto:owner-gmecm at diy-efi.org]On Behalf
> Of RDwoo10 at aol.com
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2000 11:48 PM
> To: gmecm at diy-efi.org
> Subject: Re: 165 knock sensor sensitivity
>
>
> The guy up the street @ the corvette shop takes & dunks the threaded half
of
> the knock sensor in the liquid plastic that you dip screwdrivers & pliers
> into, to create rubber handles w/.  He swears that it provides enough
> "cushion" that it deadens the knock sensor w/o totally dampening it out.
I
> will check w/him tomorrow to see if he has any other tricks.  He has done
a
> bunch of TPI vettes here in San Diego that he said "needed" that fix.
>
> Bob Wooten
> 71-91 Camaro
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