Omnibot2000
Senior Member
Need to find out what the amperage draw on those solenoids.
Said driveshaft was $820. Ouch. Had to have a new trans yoke and mating driveshaft yoke, and 7" joint. It fits.a good driveshaft shop shou;d be able to fit a new yoke on the driveshaft side so you can bolt it up to the 10 speed yoke..
Ah, I see now. I misunderstood you. If it was me. I would look into converting the thing over to air operated and be done with it.That solenoid works. At first it was shorted, and the connector overheated to the point of beginning to smoke, but now it "puffs" air probably like it should. I have never heard one of those solenoids work, and I cannot test it by driving yet.
The wires are correct size. The amperage was, momentarily, too great. I don't know why.Connectors overheating usually means too much amperage is going through the wire. More than it can handle anyways. Not sure if it requires a thicker wire for that solenoid or not, but I think something is miss sized electrically.
You can have stick shift with air controle hi/low range. That transmission must have been spec'd for some other reason. Even 2 years ago our brand new T880 was air operated on both range selections, the split and hi/low range.Well, I'm much more inclined to convert it to a stick shift. I don't like complexity of controls. (Hence a dt466 and manual trans.)
I've ordered another solenoid. I'm hoping the initial "short circuit" was a fluke. If I still have other problems, the 6 amp breaker will save my circuits for more....experiments.
My engine, flywheel, clutch set, clutch (bell) housing, and transmission had never been bolted together until a few weeks ago. I tried adjusting like you (and lots of vids) said, but I was having to adjust the clutch a LOT....several complete turns of the adjuster bolt didn't get the bearing to the clutch brake.Different ways to skin a cat I suppose.