Re: Torsion Level, again

Posted by BH On 2012/8/29 21:48:01
michaelk -

Before you go crawling underneath the car, you might be able to "manually" level her out from the engine bay, since the T-L solenoids were relocated to the back side of the left front fender splasher in the 56th Series.

Unless there's a blown fuse, the solenoids that activate the compensator motor should always have a hot feed, from the battery. Check the copper buss bar with a 12V test light to verify voltage is present.

In turn, either solenoid is activate by a respective circuit that runs through a limit switch and is grounded by the control box. If wired correctly, the UP solenoid is activated by an orange wire (the DOWN solenoid is activated by a blue wire).

So, if you momentarily connect a jumper wire from ground to the solenoid terminal with the ORANGE wire, the motor should come on and raise the car. Remove the jumper just as the rear of the car comes up close to level.

Then, using a floor jack with its saddle placed under the frame rail, ahead of the kickup for the rear axle and near where the X-member is attached (but careful to avoid suspension components), jack the car up so you can remove the rear fender skirt and, then, the tire/wheel.

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