When I was fixing my overdrive, I bypassed this switch also. The overdrive
was not working for about 6 months and I got into the habit (very bad) of
flipping the switch back and forth when I drove. I almost did this after I
fixed the overdrive unit with the lockout switch bypassed. I turned
around, went home and unbypassed the switch.
On the same subject, my overdrive gets stuck in sometimes now. I have to
disengage the switch and give it gas a couple times before it falls out. I
am afraid that one of these times it will not and I will damage the
overdrive when in 1st.
I believe the soleniod plunger is just getting stuck up. I did not,
mistake, replace the o-rings when I had it out. Moss wants $154.00 for the
whole assembly. I'm not sure if it is the o-rings, plunger or the soleniod.
Having said that, it works most of the time so I'll probably leave it alone
for now.???
Tom
77B
At 01:28 PM 10/29/97 -0600, A. B. Bonds wrote:
>In
<301478D07C83D011807200805F50195701EE3553@red-20-msg.dns.microsoft.com>,
Randy Rees (Volt Computer) wrote:
>>Here is a question then, has anyone ever set up a light to tell them
>>when OD is engaged? It would be a bummer to have it engaged and forget
>>about it. Or is this even necessary?
>>
>It is a simple matter to rig a light off the line that feeds the
>solenoid. This will tell you whether there is voltage going to the
>solenoid. This won't tell you whether the OD is engaged, since that
>depends on the effectiveness of both the solenoid and the pump. The
>lockout switch, which is mounted on the gearbox extension casting,
>only permits the od to engage in 3/4 gear. The od can be damaged
>easily under any other circumstance. I certainly don't trust my
>clarity of thinking enough to bypass this switch. If the switch isn't
>working right, I wouldn't use the od until the switch is repaired.
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