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Originally Posted by lafarm
Have something of an overdrive problem with my 52 vicki, 50 mph in overdrive floor it overdrive kicks down amp gauge goes to 0 engine starts to miss let up and amp gauge shows charge again and everything is good, Think it may be a bad ground found connector on battery post cracked replaced it haven't had a chance to road test it yet
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The problem may be in your solenoid. There is a grounding circuit that shorts out the points until the OD kicks out. if that circuit is not fully opening you are losing power to the coil.
In the end I hope this post makes people more conscientious of looking at and understanding what the gauges do. When I'm on a trip I just use my GPS for a speedometer. More accurate and I can mount it in a better place to read it. Also keep track of my average speed.