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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>What kind of a power issue? 12 volts in, 10 volts out.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Andrew<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Triumphs <triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>dave<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 27, 2020 10:18 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Triumphs List' <triumphs@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Perplexing A-Type OD Problem<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That would suggest to me that you have a power issue.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> andrew uprichard <<a href="mailto:auprichard@uprichard.net">auprichard@uprichard.net</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 27, 2020 8:39 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'dave' <<a href="mailto:dave@ranteer.com">dave@ranteer.com</a>>; 'Triumphs List' <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [TR] Perplexing A-Type OD Problem<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>They were all digital.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>dave<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 27, 2020 9:23 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Triumphs List' <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Perplexing A-Type OD Problem<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Were any of those failures digital or were they all analog?<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>andrew uprichard<br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 27, 2020 7:31 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Bill Brewer' <<a href="mailto:billbrewer59@yahoo.com">billbrewer59@yahoo.com</a>>; 'Triumphs List' <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] Perplexing A-Type OD Problem<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Sorry – Randall is in Kindred hospital, <u>Paramount</u>, CA<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> andrew uprichard <<a href="mailto:auprichard@uprichard.net">auprichard@uprichard.net</a>> <br><b>Sent:</b> Saturday, June 27, 2020 8:06 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Bill Brewer' <<a href="mailto:billbrewer59@yahoo.com">billbrewer59@yahoo.com</a>>; 'Triumphs List' <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [TR] Perplexing A-Type OD Problem<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>I recently went through FOUR aftermarket voltage regulators on a TR4. They came from different vendors and lasted anywhere from a few minutes to a few weeks. I sourced an original from Marv Gruber and it has worked fine ever since. What are the chances you could get your hands on a nice original solenoid?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Randall Young is in a rehab hospital (Kindred hospital in Pasadena) following a stroke. I have spoken to him several times and encouraged him to comply with the physical therapy as there were so many TRs waiting for his advice! It has been a bad year for him – his father died just a few months ago.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Andrew Uprichard<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'>Jackson, michigan<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Triumphs <<a href="mailto:triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net">triumphs-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Bill Brewer<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 26, 2020 10:00 PM<br><b>To:</b> Triumphs List <<a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [TR] Perplexing A-Type OD Problem<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi Listers,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> I was on a trip driving my TR3 that has a TR4 overdrive trans in it. The OD had been working fine and then suddenly nothing would happen when I threw the switch. I checked the relay with a test lamp and the C2 output terminal (yellow/purple wire) lights up fine but the solenoid wouldn’t actuate. I tested the solenoid (Moss – aftermarket) on my workbench and it seems to pull in fine. It probably only has 5,000 miles on it and looks almost new. I put it back in the car and it doesn’t actuate. I ran a new wire straight from the C2 terminal on the relay to the installed solenoid and it still doesn’t actuate, although I can move the actuation lever by hand. Evidently the solenoid is bad again. It seems like I go through OD solenoids fairly regularly. Randall (does anyone know how he is doing???) had me install a small “bounceback resistor” on the from the C2 output terminal on the relay to ground to eliminate bounceback voltage spikes. Any idea why I would be going through solenoids so regularly? I seem to change them out about every 10,000 miles.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Could it be a grounding issue for the solenoid? It seems like there would be plenty of electrical continuity from the transmission to the engine and chassis, so that shouldn’t be it.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Thanks in advance,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> -Bill Brewer<o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>