Re: 1940 overdrive

Posted by todd landis On 2008/6/29 20:58:46

Had a bit of time to play today. Put in the rebuilt solenoid. Thinking that it should work perfectly. And put on a new cap on the governor, again thinking that it should work just fine. This cap has adjustable screws, which the original cap did not. I hope they are set properly. Then turned ignition on and did a recheck of everything. Checked the kickdown switch, in the rest position had continuity and when the accelerator depressed no continuity. Hope this was correct. But, now could not get the red light to come on when the right side of lockout switch was grounded, and could not get the relay to click. Then I pushed the top contact on the relay and the bottom contact sometimes would make momentary contact and sometimes hold in. Don't know which way is correct. And now the red light would come on. Took it for a test drive and it worked once. Then not again. I think that the rebuilt solenoid could possibly not be working. I opened up the origianl solenoid and it was full of oil, but cleaned the contacts and hooked it up to a battery as told before case to ground, and I think number 3 and 4 to test. The shaft did stay out when pulled, and the other number did motor boat. So I think that I am going to put the original solenoid back in, in a day or two, but this time have it energized, and check the blocking ring placement. Any further ideas would be appreciated. Thanks again.