Answered my own question. You do need the housing connected to ground. My solenoic works when that connection is made. Joe --- On Sat, 10/17/09, Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > From: Joe Fulton <piper_pa20@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Subject: [AMC-list] Testing an Overdrive Solenoid > To: amc-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > Date: Saturday, October 17, 2009, 5:59 PM > I'm rehabbing the spare transmission > for my 64 Classic in preparation for installing it very > soon. I removed the overdrive solenoid and connected > the blue wire to the negative battery post and the orange > wire to the positive post. Nothing happened. The > solenoid should cycle should it not, even if there was no > ground connect to allow the coil to be held "in"? > > Joe Fulton > _______________________________________________ > AMC-list mailing list > AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx > http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com > _______________________________________________ AMC-list mailing list AMC-list@xxxxxxxxxxxx http://list.amc-list.com/listinfo.cgi/amc-list-amc-list.com