1940 overdrive

Posted by todd landis On 2008/6/2 0:24:37

I have owned a 1940 1808 for a number of years and never had any trouble with the R-9 overdrive. I just put in a new clutch and of course had to remove the governor, and solenoid to remove the transmission. Got everything together fine, but the overdrive does not work. I have down loaded the manual that you have available on this site. But I would like a starting point for checking. I have made sure the overdrive lock out button has continuity, and power is going to the relay. It is difficult to try something, take it out for a drive, put it back in the garage and jack it up to try something else over and over. On one try I did remove the governor and very easily with a business card and brake parts cleaner, clean the points to make sure that was not the problem. Thanks