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Yesterday my Friend and I took his 1940 Packard Club Sedan out for a drive, we were Cruising at 55 MPH on the highway and suddenly the Overdrive popped out of Overdrive? We pulled off and then pulled out of knob to take out of overdrive, then we drove the car for ¼ mile stopped the car and pushed the lever in to activate the Overdrive, at the normal speed of around 25 MPH we could hear the Solenoid activate but will no longer go into Overdrive? When you slow down you can here the Solenoid activate that takes out of Overdrive so that part is working.

The Overdrive was completely rebuild less than 2000 miles ago so we are hoping it is a minor adjustment, if that is what needs to be done I can do myself so does anyone have any idea of what the issue is?