Glossary “TC” Definition:
Turbocharged, or Turbocharger, or Traction Control
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TCA
Glossary “TCA” Definition:
Throttle Control Actuator
TBA
Glossary “TBA” Definition:
Throttle Body Assembly, or Tires, Batteries and Accessories, or To Be Assigned
TBI
Glossary “TBI” Definition:
Throttle Body Injection
TBL
Glossary “TBL” Definition:
Thermal Blower Lockout
T-bone
Glossary “T-bone” Definition:
For one vehicle to strike another broad side.
TB
Glossary “TB” Definition:
Throttle Body
taxable horsepower
Glossary “taxable horsepower” Definition:
The power of a vehicle engine calculated by a formula providing a uniform comparison that is used for licensing vehicles in some areas.
tappet
Glossary “tappet” Definition:
Mechanical, solid-valve lifter located between the camshaft and valve stem, usually on an L-head engine.
task manager
Glossary “task manager” Definition:
PCM software designed to manage, regulate and perform various monitor testing.
TAVIA
Glossary “TAVIA” Definition:
Temperature Activated Vacuum Ignition Advance
taper bored piston pins
Glossary “taper bored piston pins” Definition:
Piston pins having tapered bores to reduce weight and add strength
taper cylinder wear
Glossary “taper cylinder wear” Definition:
Wear ocurring in the top inch of a cylinder.
taper pin
Glossary “taper pin” Definition:
A pin with a larger diameter on one end than on the other. It is used to locate and position matching parts or to secure small pulleys and gears to shafts.
tapered roller bearing
Glossary “tapered roller bearing” Definition:
Specific kind of bearing that is based on tapered steel rollers held togather in a cage riding in a tapered seat.
tapped resistor
Glossary “tapped resistor” Definition:
Fixed resistor having two or more taps to provide different resistance values, as for fan speed control
tap drill size
Glossary “tap drill size” Definition:
Tap drill provides the correct hole size prior to tapping a thread.
taper
Glossary “taper” Definition:
Cylindrical part, solid or hollow, that is larger at one end than at the other either by design or by wear
tank unit
Glossary “tank unit” Definition:
That part of a fuel indicating system that is mounted in the fuel tank.
tank vapor space
Glossary “tank vapor space” Definition:
Area above the fuel level provided as a expansion space for the liquid-vapor separator and to compensate for expansion of the fuel by heat.