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06-08-2018, 08:45 AM | #21 | |
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Re: overdrive question
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06-08-2018, 09:24 AM | #22 |
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Re: overdrive question
Interesting Ole Don, I did check the fluid it seemed very clean and the viscosity seemed good. However I may try your cure. Thanks
40 cope I need to try your suggestion also. Thanks Frank PKNY
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06-08-2018, 11:44 AM | #23 |
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Re: overdrive question
While locked in overdrive, the planetary gear set reverses the motion of the sun gear when you let off the throttle. This is what allows the pawl to engage the gear plate and stop the motion of the sun gear after the balk ring moves out of the way. When it shifts into overdrive you can tell its a different ratio of gearing as soon as you press back down on the throttle. The allowance of reverse rotation on the sun gear is made possible by the over running clutch but it also give the car a coasting affect much like an automatic transmission. Then you lock the transmission out by either pulling the cable control or shifting into reverse, the shift rail repositions the sun gear to lock it with the planetary cage & pinion assembly so that the car can have some engine braking again and pretty much act as a standard manual transmission.
I use AeroShell 100 or 100W (no Plus or + TCP additive) aircraft engine oil in my Mercury transmissions. It is SAE 50 motor oil which is equivalent to SAE 90 gear lube. I've never had a problem with shifting but I'm in a warmer climate than most. Last edited by rotorwrench; 06-09-2018 at 10:12 AM. |
06-08-2018, 09:36 PM | #24 |
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I got home from work early enough tonight to work on the BW OD unit. I have a pair of monitor (led) lights hooked so I CAN SEE THE GOVERNOR ground at about 30 MPH and then see the relay send 12v to the solenoid All systems work as they should. I hooked up a tachometer/dwel meter wired to reach into the cab and taped it to the steering column. with this set up I could compare the RPM at a fixed speed. I chose 40MPH down the road I went, everything works as designed. The reason I thought that it was not working properly was because I thought free wheeling meant that I had OD locked in. Which is not the case. I was under the impression that I was not in OD because the freewheeling at below 30 MPH. The tachometer verifies the drop in rpm at the test speed indicating that the overdrive works. The cure for the original problem came from repairing the grounding points in the solenoid.The phenolic insulator that rides on the plunger shaft was broken off, therefore grounding all the time. That kept the kickdown function from working properly. ALL IS WORKING NOW!! I'M a happy old man tonight.
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Good on you for sticking with it and seeing it through.
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06-09-2018, 10:26 AM | #27 |
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A friend of mine had an old 1963 Galaxie 500 fordor sedan with a 352 & R11 OD. He was hard on it with the 352 but the old 352 was aging. He replaced the 352 with a 390 from an old police car and it really came alive. He liked having 6-speeds if he wanted. He managed to crater the 9-inch pinion bearings in that thing. After repairing the 9-inch he put in a super T-10 4-speed and ran it a while before getting an old 67 Fairlane tudor hard top to play with. He wished he hadn't put the 4-speed in the Galaxie after a while. It never had the top end with 1:1 drive that it had with OD. Those T85 transmissions with the R11 OD are tough sumbeaches.
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