Re: Ultramatic leaking from the manual valve seal.

Posted by Robert Freeman On 2011/8/31 7:43:34

Hotrod, it is a purple wire to the stop light switch (not pink). If the 2 fuses were blown there should be NO power to the buss bar and stop lights. What did you mean by the fuses were "goo"? If they were actually melted, then a LOT of power was sent through the circuit.

Check out your TL links at the gearbox under the car as Randy mentioned. The drivers side shorter link should be towards the front of the gearbox.

My 56 car had manual switches hooked up directly to the solenoids (bypassing the limiting switches on the gearbox). When I removed the manual switches and turned my system on, the links were already past the limit switches and the rear end of my car tried to raise and then dropped to the ground. The links had passed the center point and went all the way around and ended up with the shorter drivers side link behind the gearbox.

I tried to power the motor to 'un-twist' the links but the worm gear in the gearbox was not held in place (it moved back and forth as the motor turned it). As the worm gear moved forward it bound against the end of the gearbox. When that happened my 30 amp fuse blew.

I ended up having to remove the TL motor manually turn the worm gear to finally un-twist the links (whew!).

It's very important to verify the position of the mechanical parts are oriented per the top view in SM fig 21 before doing anything. If everything looks good there, I would look closely at the 'compensator control box' wiring and the small control link rod.