th400 kickdown quit
Le Mans Master
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 7,123
Likes: 433
From: Gladstone MO
C3 of Year Finalist (appearance mods) 2019
ok dropped the pan.
<snip>
i grounded the case straight to the neg pole of the battery and touched the actual wire to one side of a light bulb test wire and the other wire from the light bulb to the + side of the battery
the light came on but no click from the solenoid.
i guess its bad. new one is on order
<snip>
i grounded the case straight to the neg pole of the battery and touched the actual wire to one side of a light bulb test wire and the other wire from the light bulb to the + side of the battery
the light came on but no click from the solenoid.
i guess its bad. new one is on order
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 5,284
Likes: 235
From: Rockledge FL
yeah i went ahead and found one at the local parts house,
had to be special ordered.
i am going to assume (i hate doing that) that the new one should click when tested right? even so as bad of shape as the old one was in it needed to be switched anyway. that bare + wire was a problem in the waiting even if it was working right.
had to be special ordered.
i am going to assume (i hate doing that) that the new one should click when tested right? even so as bad of shape as the old one was in it needed to be switched anyway. that bare + wire was a problem in the waiting even if it was working right.
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 5,284
Likes: 235
From: Rockledge FL
it was the solenoid inside the tranny.
new one got put in.
wired
pushed the gas pedal and click clickety click click click
thanks for all of the help
now if anyone wants to come over and help clean up trans fluid from the garage floor that would be great
new one got put in.
wired
pushed the gas pedal and click clickety click click click
thanks for all of the help
now if anyone wants to come over and help clean up trans fluid from the garage floor that would be great
Thread Starter
Le Mans Master
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 5,284
Likes: 235
From: Rockledge FL
on the th400 with the ignition on crawl up under the dash and by hand press the activation switch by the pedal and listen to the tranny
you will hear a click inside the transmission if it is working correctly.
