no more overdrive woes

[the2finger]

Finally had my MOPAR guru hook my overdrive up manually thru a high beam switch on the floor bypassing all the electronic controls. Now nothing can effect weather or not it works, not the VSS, the TPS, the PCM, the crank sensor, my mother in law, space aliens, Richard Simmons, nothing. Put a indicator light next to the tach so I can tell when it's disengaged. Should have done this years ago.

 

[Simplysmn]

Can you post up how you did it ?

 

[the2finger]

I'll check with my mechanic to see how he did it and post it.

 

[Simplysmn]

Thank you Sir I am sure that would be Great Info for us First Gn guy's .

 

[the2finger]

I'm sure what he did is along the lines of some of the other posts I've read about grounding one of the wires from the overdrive solenoid to activate it. When Dodge moved the high beam switch to the column they left the floor stamping alone. The high beam switch mounts right under where the parking brake cable enters the floor, the knockouts for the switch were present in the carpet and insulation. That's where he put the switch and he ran the wires thru the parking brake cable opening. I have to ask him where he got power for the switch and how he wired it up. My truck has 155,000 on the clock and I have to manually take it out of O/D when I come to a stop or the clutches drag on acceleration due to a internal fluid leak, at 40 I hit the dimmer switch and I have O/D. I like it no more worries and it make it feel like a baby Getrag since I have some control over the operation of the trans. I'll post the rest of the info as I get it. If you've seen the movie Interstellar a Cummins is still running at the end of the world. Too bad it wasn't a first gen.