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O/D Kickdown Switch ???
  • Pacemaker500Pacemaker500
    Posts: 1,003Platinum Member
    Is the O/D Kickdown switch supposed to have a solid, definite "click" to it?

    If so, from whom in the Club do I purchase a new one?
  • Marconi
    Posts: 549Platinum Member
    No click, it connects one pair of terminals in the released position and the other pair in the depressed position, it does not 'click'. You can check it with a powered test lamp.
  • ernie28ernie28
    Posts: 315Gold Member
    Hi PM500
    The Overdrive section of the Mechanical Procedures Manual has a piece on troubleshooting and the bit on testing the kick-down switch is very useful - speaking from experience last month! ;)

    http://hetclub.org/burr/manuals/1950_hudson_mechanical_procedures_manual.pdf
    Alistair Howard, NZ HET Triangle Editor
    http://het.org.nz/
    1928 Essex Coach
    1950 Hudson Pacemaker
  • Pacemaker500Pacemaker500
    Posts: 1,003Platinum Member
    Thank you! I own the manual. I just happened to have the floor pane out to put on the heat shield and pushed the switch a few times.

    Now that I have the floor back in, I will move on to reconnecting the O/D completely.

    I still need to figure out the bullet tip wire end on the Governor (what is the little screw size, #4-32 TPI ???) and get the Relay hooked up.
  • MikeWAMikeWA
    Posts: 1,440Platinum Member
    If you still need a kickdown switch, I have several- let me know.