Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2016/2/1 19:18:52

The fun continues.
The new solenoids arrived tonight.

First thing I did was test them per the earlier test that Howard recommended. They behaved just like the original solenoids Packard solenoids.

I hooked everything back as it is supposed to be but, no joy.

The control box made a couple clicking sounds after about 10 seconds but the motor never responded and the solenoids never energized.

Oddly (to me) I tested both sides of the limit switch and had 12 volts on both sides. I was not expecting to get anything as I was not holding the lever for the control box.

Last week I was only getting 1.5 at the limit switch and that was only when I moved the level on the control box.

Either I have done something differently or something has changed inside the control box. I tried both positive and negative ground.