Re: All wiring nominal and TL not working

Posted by Jim L. in OR On 2011/6/9 18:17:38

Hi All,
I've been trying to catch up on my reading so I'm late to this thread. Someone earlier mentioned "waiting for the system to relax" (that was a paraphrase, not a quote). From about mid 1985 to 2007, my '55 Patrician sat with the right front jacked way up. When the car was finally lowered the system was "kinked" in that position so the car sat with a list and left rear bumper end inches from the ground. When I got it to my house I put the newly tested starter back in the car and hooked up the battery. Nothing happened for several days. I'd go out and turn on the system for a while and when still nothing happened I'd turn it off. I checked out the wiring and everything was OK - just nothing happened. One day when I turned it on I heard a "click" and the T-L motor kicked in and raised the back of the car to normal and kept going. I dove for the on-off switch but the limit switch worked before I could reach the it. Over the next few days, even with the system off the front end sank and the rear was correspondingly higher than ever. I then fiddled around with the wiring and levers until about a week later I turned on the switch and the system came to life and finally the car was level - the system working fine ever since. In hindsight what I should have done was taken my grease gun and lubed everything on the chart when I got the car. I know bhappy's problems are different and much more severe but once the bars are back where they belong, I'd urge some time with a grease gun. It would have certainly saved my Patrician's system time and me a lot of worry.