[Bricklin] Air door problem

[Alan Coleman]

Sounds like a bad solenoid.  I had the same thing happen on a sprinkler system
and it drove me crazy trying to figure it out.  Low pressure/no pressure, the
solenoid operated valve worked fine but crank the pressure up and it would not
open. I checked with the manufacturer and they told me that sometimes when
they go bad they will work fine with no pressure or a small amount of pressure
on them, but they won't have enough strength to work when full pressure is on
them.


AlanC
#246


> Date: Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:18:52 -0500
> To: bricklin at autox.team.net
> From: jblair1948 at cox.net
> Subject: Re: [Bricklin] Air door problem
>
> At 05:25 PM 12/18/2011, Scott Isensee wrote:
>
> >I am stumped by an air door problem. The drivers side works fine, but on
the
> >passenger side, the up air solenoid won't trigger most of the
> time. If I bleed
> >to the air pressure down to 40 pounds so the passenger side solenoid works
> >every time, but when I run the pressure up to about 100 it fails to
trigger
> >most of the time.
>
> Scott,
>
> So if I understand you, you have:
>
> 1. checked the voltage going to the solenoids and that's OK.
> 2. probem occurs using both inside and outside switches.
>
> 3. You say you have air latches, but you didn't say if the passenger
> side latch is
> firing. I'm assuming it is, but I'll ask any way. Is it?
>
> 4. You've run power directly to the solenoid - and it didn't fire.
>
> 5. you cleaned and replaced the solenoid.
>
> 6. you said the air lines for the passenger side is not clogged.
>
> None of this helped. The only thing left I can think of is that the
> ground wire for
> the pass. up solenoid is getting a good ground. Check and see if each
ground
> wire for the solenoids goes to it's own mount to the mounting plate or are
they
> all tied to one point?
>
> Also check to see that the wire is a good connection to the eyelit
> (if the wire has
> one). Then how are all these ground wires actually connected to the chassis
> grouns? Check those connections. Make sure the metal is clean an bright,
the
> screws are tight? You might also want to put some dielectric past on
> each of the
> ground wires where they connect to the panel.
>
> Have you tried to call Terry and talk to him or John?
>
> Keep us posted.
>
> John
>
> John T. Blair WA4OHZ email: jblair1948 at cox.net
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