Re: Proud New Owner of a 49 Packard Club Sedan

Posted by PackardusOctavus On 2018/10/4 9:43:42

Gave up in disgust in trying to run the oil filter lines, and I too have a oil filter canister available. So after hours of work, I have a new cleaned up oil pressure sending unit, which had to be done anyway. To update, I have moved on from the oiling system to the OVERDRIVE. The first problem was to figure out why the OD relay was clicking when the battery disconnect was closed. Well, apparently someone ran one of the wires from the kickdown switch to ground! Of course, I forgot to test the kickdown switch while I had it out. Rectifying this allowed me to go to step 1 of the OD troubleshooting procedure. And, of course, the OD relay was fried. I have to say that Tucson Packard got one to me in the blink of an eye. Now moving on to step two, everything appeared to check out correctly, and so I went for the grueling test drive. I have a 63 Mercury Meteor with OD, so I am at least familiar with what a car does when the OD works.


I'm pretty sure that the OD worked, but it would not kick down. Back to the drawing board. Pulled out the kickdown switch AGAIN. WD 40 got it to work, and it tested fine, though it took some pressure on the plunger. Put it back in. Tested the poles in relation to accelerator position and
NADA. The accelerator will not move the plunger far enough to break the OD relay circuit. Another call to Tucson Packard. I expect a new kickdown switch to be in any day.