Hi All,
I’ve been working on the 40F for a month now and unfortunately, it’s no further along. Too many issues to post them all here today, but I have 2 that hopefully can be fixed easier than the rest.
1st one is with the Racine valve body (bang bang). I removed it and reconditioned it, new O-rings, flushed it out, cleaned up the fittings, changed 2 springs, and unjammed the platform leveler. Reassembled it and connected it back up. No leaks, looks good, but now all functions only work when I manually engage them.
Switch works, voltage is 11.5 volt at each end when the switch is thrown; spool glides freely and returns to center. I’m thinking I may have reassembled it wrong. The only part of the solenoid that I was not sure of when I put it back together were the 2 heavy metal parts that are separated by a single spring. Each of those metal parts has one end tapered and one is larger then the other. I placed the 2 tapered ends pointing towards the center with the spring between them. The smaller one I think I placed at the outer edge, and the larger towards the valve body side.
All of the hoses were marked before and the functions work so I’m feeling they are not the issue.
2nd dilemma is electrical also. I blew the alternator using a booster pack. Took out the diodes. I had a backup alternator laying around, a nice new Bosch alternator. Had to modify its housing a bit, not a big deal, needed a bushing, and had to drill it out a little. Bolted it up, connected it to the 2 leads and tested my switches. Heard all the proper clicks, so I fired it up. Nice full charge on the meter tested the tele to see if the extra voltage would help or fix the problem with the bang bang. Nope still nothing there, so went to shut it off, and well couldn’t. Tried everything, switched the control box from the rear to the platform, turned off the key, went underneath to the main kill switch and still nothing.
I was going to hit the choke, but I pulled the fuel line instead. After the switches all worked fine again. Weird! There is another place to plug into but that lead seems wrong. I tried that after but the normal clicks I hear when the key is turned to the on position aren’t there.
Those are my 2 dilemmas for today!