Re: Stewart's 1955 Packard 400

Posted by Stewart Ballard On 2016/2/4 19:39:09

Time for our nightly T/L conversation.

Removed the control box from the frame and pulled the cap off tonight.

Picked up the electrical cleaner and got some 1000 grit sand paper to burnish the contacts.

Hooked up all the wiring, made sure I had a good ground and worked the lever.

Once again, when I moved the lever toward the center of the frame the contact made a connection but no action at the motor. When I moved toward the outside there was no movement at all. I could manually move the contact for that direction and it would magnetize as it should but still no movement at the motor.

The bi-metal contacts in the center of the unit are so far apart that the moving contact never actually makes a connection. I could manually move these as well and it "locked" in place but no response from the motor.