Re: Torsion Level System And Other Electrical Misteries

Posted by HH56 On 2010/9/17 20:30:22

The factory switch is a single knob three position switch. It normally rests in the center position and the light green wire goes straight through to on/off switch and then on to the compensator switch to provide it power. That maintains complete auto functionality and allows the driver to turn off suspension in the normal fashion.

When manual operation is desired, moving the switch up or down and out of center disconnects the compensator switch by opening the green wire and at the same time grounds one of the wires going to a tie point located in the compensator switch junction box. This works the rest of the leveler circuit just as if the compensator switch relays were doing it until the limit is reached or you move the switch back to middle.

It is important to open the wire feeding the compensator switch when doing manual operation otherwise as you are trying to go up, after a few seconds the compensator would try to go down and both up and down solenoids would be energized at the same time and a fuse would blow.

It is possible from what I understand of your description, if that green wire was not disrupted, and on/off switch was on at the same time you went manual that scenario has occurred. No idea what the dangling wire is doing but if just spliced on but not connected to anything else, apparently nothing.