Sounds to me like the switch on the firewall is out of adjustment. It's an easy
fix.
Rick
On Feb 4, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Per Schoerner wrote:
> Charlie
> What you have is one relay and one switch. Standing in front of the car the
> right box is the relay and the left box is the switch. The purpose of the
> switch is to keep the relay energised until you accelerate a bit, then it
> should brake the circuit. That is when you have switched the overdrive dash
> switch off of course.
> Perhaps your switch is faulty, or just misadjusted. Disconnect the cables
> from it and test it with an ohm meter. When correctly adjusted it should
> brake the circuit when the accelerator pedal is pushed 20% IIRC.
>
> Per
>
> Den 2016-02-05 kl. 00:41, skrev Charlie Schott:
>> A club member and I have a BN7 and a BT7, respectively, that have the OD
>> kickout relay wired according to the wiring diagram in the AH service
>> manual. However, it does not kick out the OD when the accelerator pedal
>> is put to the floor, although we've confirmed that the relay is okay. My
>> thinking is that the relay should be wired in series, whereas the
>> diagram doesn't show that it is. What am I missing here? Thanks.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Charlie Schott
>> Panama City Beach
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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