I'm going to be another one to add some weight to this - I had exactly the
same thing some time last year, and found that one of the connections
inside the o/d switch had started to come loose and was grounding against
the gearstick. Is it just me, or are the contacts in that switch *really*
badly designed?
Dean
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Date: Thu, 1 Jun 2000 20:10:34 -0700 (PDT)
From: Carter Shore <clshore@yahoo.com>
Subject: RE: Shocking shifting
Actually, the solenoid coil can produce a shock when
the current is interrupted. I'm not advising anyone to
actually do this, but if you touch the horn terminals
while the horn button is pushed, you will feel what I
mean!
Even though there is only 12V on the coil, when the
current is interrupted, the magnetic field in the
winding collapses very quickly, causing a high induced
EMF, ie high voltage, sometimes 200-300 Volts.
An intermittent switch, or O/D wiring touching the
gearshift lever could cause this condition.
Shocking,isn't it?
Carter
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