Torsion Level System And Other Electrical Misteries

Posted by Robert Freeman On 2010/9/17 19:48:17

My 56 Executive seems to be the 'red-headed step child' of all other Executives. When it was delivered, the TL system had stopped working, the starter stopped starting, the windshield wiper motor stopped, the gas guage always reads empty, the parking lights stopped working, the dash panel lights don't work, and the stop lights also stopped working. According to the previous owner, everything except the dash lights were working perfectly before the transport to me. There's also about half-a=cup of power steering and transmission fluid leaking every day from a couple of places, not to mention a little motor oil from what looks like the drain plug area.

I had the starter re-built and the mechanic replaced the stop light switch with one from a 70's VW. It starts and the stop lights work now.

The TL system has the tiny under dash switch (with a un connected wire spliced into one of the lt. green wires). It also has two other 'pull-down' switches which manually control the TL system. The left switch lets the vehicle's rear end drop, while the right switch supposed raises the rear end) The right switch will not raise the rear end now, my 56 Executive's ass is on the ground and it won't raise back up.

Where do I begin? It seems that with each problem solved, new ones appear and old ones come back to haunt me again.