gearboxes/overdrives

For the cost of a new seal it's not worth it, you might end up doing it all over again with a puddle of oil on the drive instead of a few drips:I

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Got Peggy up on the ramps at Andy's. She has a J type o/d. We've tested the wiring and 12v goes to the solenoid at the right times.
Should the solenoid be making a loud mechanical 'clunk'? At the moment all we get is a faint 'click'.

Also, we checked the current going through the solenoid at 1.74 amps. Is this sufficient? We believe it is supposed to be 2 amps but is 1.74 close enough?

Is there any adjustment on the J type?
To clean out the mesh filter behind the plate held on by 6 bolts do we need to drain the gearbox?



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No it will be a faint click rather than a loud clonk..as mine is D type I'm not sure about adjustment or the draining to check filters.
I will look it up for you but watching a movie in a bit...someone else may of told you by then...I'll look in later mate:)



 
Hi Baz, the manual says that if the draw is less than 2 amps then the solenoid needs replacing, and yes you will loose the oil if you remove the filter cover.

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Cheers John,
So the whole gearbox needs draining?

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Looks like. The manual says to put a recepicle under the cover plate to catch the oil and then refill alowing time for the oil to run from the g'box to O/D:I

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it all seems to work ok but I see in the notes Panky scanned My solonoid should be drawing 15 - 17 amperes



 
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Originally posted by Panky

The same manual quotes different figures for the 'J' type :I

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yes mate, but how do I use my meter to read amperes please?



 
Switch it to amps if it's got them:I or if you have an ammeter on your dash you could run wires from that:)

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Its just a little thingymajig from work with a dial that you turn.....it has an Amps setting, but if I switch it to that it reads nothing ;-( ...I'll take a pic in the morning...as I say it (odrive ) works fine I just wanted to check the Amperes, I guess I seek perfection..........is that a bad thing?



 
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seeks perfection lol

is that why you and garry taped up the wing mirror today, instead of doing a proper job lol

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If i didn't seek perfection, I wouldn't of asked you to marry me:D[8D][:X]



 
And if she didn't like a project she would've said No!

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quote:
Originally posted by bazzateer

And if she didn't like a project she would've said No!

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lol now that is very funny!!!!

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Has anybody got a clearer version of the o/d wiring diagram they can email me please? (Self cancelling).

The one on BMM's blog is ok, but not too clear when printed out. I can't get my o/d to work so need to check i have wired it up correctly.

Thanks, Ray
 
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