Greetings,
>I spent some time perusing the Haynes manual this evening - noticed
>something interesting. MK IV Spits had a relay in the O/D wiring, but
>1500's did not.
Earlier cars with the D type O/D had a different solenoid with
"pull in" and "hold" windings. It pulled more current and neede
$22 from Spitbits. Bought one last year, so I think I am good to go for a
while, even without the relay. Probably cheaper from Volvo, it's identical
to an early 240 item.
Kevin Rhodes
At 13:43 06/25/2003 +0100, Gosling, Richard B wrote:
Doug,
Fair point, although the switch is not hard to come
At 01:43 PM 6/25/2003 +0100, Gosling, Richard B wrote:
>Fair point, although the switch is not hard to come by - #15 from Rimmers
>any time you want one.
Possibly until they run out of them :-)
BTW, I would almost rather have the knob switch burn out than
the 1-2 lockout switch on the transmiss
Doug,
Fair point, although the switch is not hard to come by - #15 from Rimmers
any time you want one.
Richard & Daffy
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But remember:
The high-current burst when the solenoid is engaged will burn out the switch faster.
And that gearsshift-mounted switch is getting hard and expensive
to replace! A relay would pay for itself after a while.
Doug Braun
'72 Spit
At 08:50 AM 6/25/2003 +0100, you wrote:
>Kevin,
>
>Wel
Kevin,
Well, my 1500 has the no-relay layout for O/D, and it works just fine. Once
the solonoid is activated it should draw very little current, you only get
current flowing significantly in the short moments between flicking the
switch and the solonoid completing its movement. There's no proble
