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Expert: - 5/16/2009


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do you know what the proper wiring configuration is for my car. it has overdrive but the wires werent hooked up when the transmission was repaired and i dont want to mess anything up. thanks dave blake

Answer
Under the car there should be one connection to the governor on the overdrive case and two to the solenoid. The wire from the harness that is color coded white should connect to the yellow wire that comes from the governor. A blue with a orange band connects to the orange wire from the solenoid and the blue wire from the harness connects to the blue wire from the solenoid. Both the white and the blue with an orange band are 18 gage wires meaning thin. The blue wire is a 14 gage meaning it is thicker.
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All automotive including antique and collectible. However if the car has been modified I can only answer in general terms and maybe get you pointed in the right direction.

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Automotive tech instructor. Syndicated auto columnist 1970's though the early 1990's. Syndicated auto radio talk show, Ask Brad About cars, CBS Radio 70's through 90's TV Show "Last Chance Garage" 1980's PBS-TV syndicated. Auto instructor for the following companies: Fram Autolyte Holly Carter AMF Ford Motor University Of Conn Blue Hills Technical School Sugar River Technical Center Grew up in a family garage in Needham Mass and turned wrenches from the age of 14.

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Manchester Union Leader, Nashua Telegraph, Motor Service Magazine, Yankee Magazine, Popular Mechanics (Saturday Mechanic early 80's), Los Angeles Times, New York Times, and lots more.

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More than I care to remember. Basically Franklin Technical Institute in Boston, Northeastern University, Fitchburg State Teachers College, Tufts University, and a lot of factory schools along the way.

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Moto Award winner. And much more.

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