Re: new guy questions
Posted by HH56 On 2008/8/21 13:28:18
Possibly stuck from sitting, but not usually Guess depends on your climate, I had never seen anything like this pict so there is a possibility that from sitting your car has had condensation in motor and the brushes are not making good contact.
Next step is to get under and look things over. Make sure the wires are connected, the transverse link bars look approximately like the illustrations, ie nothing wrapped around anything else. There is a band around the motor you can remove to inspect. If commutator and brushes look like Cli55er's then time to clean. I recommended a procedure on Cli55er project blog. Gently check the brush tension. If internals look OK, then need to ascertain if solenoids, motor or major mechanical.
When you say click, is it a major click or thunk the solenoids make or just a faint click of relay in compensator switch activating. If just faint click, time to look at limit switches. If it is big solenoids clicking, then do they look well aged or like possibly replaced. The ordinary starter type replacement one gets from parts store will not work and won't energize.
If no luck thus far, then would suggest getting a voltmeter, disconnect red and brown motor leads from solenoids, then ground one lead from meter and check terminals to verify you have 12 volts when trying to move. If that is OK, then time to look at motor and mechanicals closely. If not then check continuity on limit switches.
Attach file:
(22.37 KB)
Next step is to get under and look things over. Make sure the wires are connected, the transverse link bars look approximately like the illustrations, ie nothing wrapped around anything else. There is a band around the motor you can remove to inspect. If commutator and brushes look like Cli55er's then time to clean. I recommended a procedure on Cli55er project blog. Gently check the brush tension. If internals look OK, then need to ascertain if solenoids, motor or major mechanical.
When you say click, is it a major click or thunk the solenoids make or just a faint click of relay in compensator switch activating. If just faint click, time to look at limit switches. If it is big solenoids clicking, then do they look well aged or like possibly replaced. The ordinary starter type replacement one gets from parts store will not work and won't energize.
If no luck thus far, then would suggest getting a voltmeter, disconnect red and brown motor leads from solenoids, then ground one lead from meter and check terminals to verify you have 12 volts when trying to move. If that is OK, then time to look at motor and mechanicals closely. If not then check continuity on limit switches.
Attach file:
(22.37 KB)
This Post was from: https://packardinfo.com/xoops/html/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?post_id=11726