1941 kick down

[normanpitkin]

the kick down on my 41 windsor is not working,i think the problem is electrical as i have replace every switch relay solenoid!The gearbox itself works perfectly ,only the kick down doesn't.I wonder if i have the wiring slightly wrong ,the wiring to the carb is my next task ,can anyone advise re the carb wiring please?

 

[Spinneyhill]

Here is MoToR's info on the 1941 Vacamatic gearbox, is that the one you want?

 

Edited May 28, 2017 by Spinneyhill (see edit history)

[normanpitkin]

The gearbox is all fine ,its only the kick down wiring from and to  the carb i cannot figure out ,its the wiring for the kick down switch on the carb i need to see! Thank you for these but i cannot see where they go from the carb1

[Spinneyhill]

So rather than the wiring diagram you want wire routing picture or two?

 

I asked the www for "1941 Chrysler Engine" and then Images and got this one, amoung many. Maybe you can get what you need from such pictures?

 

Edited May 28, 2017 by Spinneyhill (see edit history)

[normanpitkin]

Thats a New yorker and it uses a slightly different carb ,i know as I also have a new yorker and looking at the carb on that is no help! Thanks anyway though!

[Spinneyhill]

I did see a Windsor or two. You might too?

[normanpitkin]

I've looked everywhere!! Many thanks for all your kind help though.All the photos have the air cleaner on ,and therefore obstruct the very terminals i need to see!

Edited May 29, 2017 by normanpitkin (see edit history)

[Spinneyhill]

Show us what you have done and we'll see. According to the diagram, the switch is a single wire make-break switch to earth. The plunger = switch is actuated by the accelerator at full throttle.

[Spinneyhill]

Firstly, it sounds like you need to buy a shop manual. They are much cheaper than the damage you could be doing.

 

Secondly, here is the rest of the info. from MoToR's Manual 1947. I only looked at the wiring diagrams before. Maybe there is more to your non-functioning kick-down than you think.

Vacamatic_MoToR_1941.pdf

[Rusty_OToole]

The kickdown is nothing but an on/off switch. Dead easy to test if it is working at the carb, and whether you have continuity in the wiring.

[normanpitkin]

hi

i have both the 40 and the 41 shop manual but the instructions are no where near as clear as the Motors manual! Thank you very much for this pages!I will investigate this weekend ,seems it can only be the wiring as i have replaced EVERYTHING else!Its odd as in every other respect the vacumatic works perfectly ,shifting up and down exactly as it should. Only the flooring of the accelerator in fourth does nothing and it should shift down to third.

[c49er]

Here is what the KD switch looks like that's in your carter 1BBL carb...sometimes they are assembled wrong or the contacts are dirty ... or the spring tension   is wrong.

Use a ohm meter to test it.... one lead to the screw terminal the other lead to ground... or a test light hooked up the same way. Push the brass plunger in and out see what ya got!

Edited May 31, 2017 by c49er (see edit history)

[normanpitkin]

hi ,i will have to see if there is a spring in there ,i don't recall seeing one when the carb was rebuilt!