Re: Torsion Leveling Problem on '56 Clipper
Posted by HH56 On 2013/4/21 17:37:41
On 56 there should be two fuses. The 30 amp is off the starter solenoid and supplies power to the solenoid buss bar and ultimately the motor. It also supplies power to a second fuse off the buss bar and located close by which feeds the brake light switch. The brake light switch is a 3 terminal switch and when no brakes are applied, supplies power to the under dash switch and then thru the dash switch to the control box.
The control box does it's thing and depending on what the car needs, energizes internal relays. The relay contacts first go to limit switches and after the limit switch then go to the small solenoid terminals to provide the ground.
Remove the wire off both the small solenoid terminals and then as Randy suggests try grounding just the top solenoid. If the fuse blows again, you may have a bad down solenoid or possibly because of a problem the motor has wound around too far and is overloading & blowing the fuse because it can't move anything.
If you do blow the fuse again then remove the motor wire off the bottom solenoid and try again. Another blow and the next thing to do is verify the location of the transverse bars to make sure they have not rotated around to the wrong sides and the motor is trying to rotate them past center.
If it gets to that point, since it's on the ground it will take a bit of doing to access the motor and be able to watch the bars while you electrically or mechanically rotate things to the proper place.
Here is an easier to understand complete diagram of the 56 system showing all the hidden contacts. 55 is slightly different.
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The control box does it's thing and depending on what the car needs, energizes internal relays. The relay contacts first go to limit switches and after the limit switch then go to the small solenoid terminals to provide the ground.
Remove the wire off both the small solenoid terminals and then as Randy suggests try grounding just the top solenoid. If the fuse blows again, you may have a bad down solenoid or possibly because of a problem the motor has wound around too far and is overloading & blowing the fuse because it can't move anything.
If you do blow the fuse again then remove the motor wire off the bottom solenoid and try again. Another blow and the next thing to do is verify the location of the transverse bars to make sure they have not rotated around to the wrong sides and the motor is trying to rotate them past center.
If it gets to that point, since it's on the ground it will take a bit of doing to access the motor and be able to watch the bars while you electrically or mechanically rotate things to the proper place.
Here is an easier to understand complete diagram of the 56 system showing all the hidden contacts. 55 is slightly different.
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