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ray_mcavoy · 05-28-2016, 10:15 PM

I believe those pink & orange wires were originally for the TH400 transmission kick down ... aka "passing gear".

As you have noticed, the pink wire receives power from the fuse panel and runs through a grommet in the firewall. From there, it ran to a kickdown switch mounted near the carburetor. Then the orange wire ran from the kickdown switch down to a connector on the transmission case that in turn connects to the kickdown solenoid inside the trans.

05-28-2016, 10:15 PM	#2
ray_mcavoy Registered User Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Sherman, ME Posts: 2,379	Re: Please help identify wires I believe those pink & orange wires were originally for the TH400 transmission kick down ... aka "passing gear". As you have noticed, the pink wire receives power from the fuse panel and runs through a grommet in the firewall. From there, it ran to a kickdown switch mounted near the carburetor. Then the orange wire ran from the kickdown switch down to a connector on the transmission case that in turn connects to the kickdown solenoid inside the trans.