[TR] TR3 O/D Solenoid plate

Art McEwen artwmcewen at gmail.com
Sat Jul 17 19:24:42 MDT 2021


There’s nothing wrong with the solenoid.  It operates just fine.

I removed and replaced the solenoid plate to deal with a leak and now the solenoid doesn’t engage the o/d anymore while the car is running on jacks.   I was hoping to avoid a half assembled road test.

> On Jul 17, 2021, at 9:18 PM, EDWARD WOODS <fogbro1 at comcast.net> wrote:
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> A pressure test with a gauge from Jay Holekamp is a great idea. While your waiting for its arrival, loosen the clamping bolt and take the car for a ride. Reach across the transmission and operate the lever manually (the one you put the 3/16” drill into when you adjust the solenoid). If the overdrive kicks in, you have a solenoid or solenoid adjustment problem. The overdrives O.K. Better still have a passenger operate the lever, so that you can concentrate on your driving. And watch out for that spinning prop shaft. Loose clothing not allowed.
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> By the way, if you have a functioning ammeter and the solenoid is connected on its load side, you can observe the operation of the solenoid on the meter.  
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> Ed Woods
>> On 07/17/2021 3:35 PM Kinderlehrer <kinderlehrer at comcast.net> wrote:
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>> Before you do anything else, do a load test on the battery. Even if it is producing 12 volts it may not be producing the 20 amps needed to engage the OD.
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>> Bob
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>> From: Triumphs [mailto:triumphs-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Art McEwen
>> Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2021 11:24 AM
>> To: DAVID MASSEY
>> Cc: triumphs at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [TR] TR3 O/D Solenoid plate
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>> Nothing went sproing when I took the plate off and I think I’ve got the leak sealed but no amount of solenoid adjustment will engage the overdrive.  :(. The springs weren’t removed and I presume they’re still seated where they were.
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>> I’m wondering if some of the sludge in the bottom of the case that I tried to remove got relocated to a valve body somewhere.  Thinking of taking it for a road test then changing fluid again.
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>> On Jul 15, 2021, at 1:54 PM, Art McEwen <artwmcewen at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> Thanks!
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>> Art
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>> On Thu, Jul 15, 2021, 11:25 AM DAVID MASSEY <dave1massey at cs.com> wrote:
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>> Nothing will go sproing but you will likely loose your solenoid adjustment.  Not a big deal as adjusting is pretty simple.
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>> Dave
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>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Art McEwen <artwmcewen at gmail.com>
>> To: triumphs at autox.team.net
>> Sent: Thu, Jul 15, 2021 9:48 am
>> Subject: [TR] TR3 O/D Solenoid plate
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>> It's weeping oil (even more than "acceptable"), can I loosen the 4 screws to add gasket goop without misaligning the plunger/spring thingy behind it or is it safe to remove entirely while in place without something going "sprong"?
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>> Thanks,
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>> Art
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>> TS64???LO
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