After 2+ years of inoperation, I have decided I want to get the overdrive
working in my B. It's the LH variety with a black serial label.
Back then when I was young and dumb(er), I separated the OD from the
gearbox in an attempt to fix a leak. The OD worked one time after that
but no more. Back then I also pulled the solenoid.
So last night I pulled the solenoid and bench tested it. Putting negative
on the body and positive on the wire, the solenoid would retract the
piston. When releasing the 12V, it would not pop back out. Should it
have?
Also...I did not have any type of ball bearing fall out. Do I need that?
Would new o-rings on the solenoid and a new ball help me?
I am doing my testing without the 3-4 lockout switch just for
verification, knowledgable of the dangers of using reverse in 1st or OD.
Tyson Sherman
mts3@ra.msstate.edu
http://www.tecinfo.com/~tsherman
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