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Overdrive Issue 200 1993

posted by  83GLT on  Wed May 15 00:01 CST 2013
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My '93 244 Classic has an issue with the overdrive. Over the weekend it stopped kicking in when on the parkway. At the time I thought it was the kickdown cable which had binded on me in the past. Checked that and it was fine. Today I had a chance to check under the car and sure enough the wire to the solenoid was completely severed. There was heavy corrosion so it was clearly on its way out for some time. With great effort I repaired/replaced the wire and bundled the wire securely to avoid a future repeat. When I went for a test drive there still wasn't any overdrive. The relay clicks and the light comes on when disengaged. Could the solenoid have been damaged by a shorted wire? What else should I check? It was a major pain to replace the wire, so I sure hope it's something simple!






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