[cwcarpenter98]

I have some great news. The air conditioning system works great! It is so nice being able to drive around without feeling like a turkey baking in an oven.

In the whirlwind of adventure that happened yesterday, I took the truck to a local shop to have the ac evacuated and charged. The owner of the shop has a 63 as well, so that made it easier to leave it under his care.

While waiting for the truck to be done, I was able to fix the overdrive issue. Since I got the rebuilt overdrive back in, it would never shift into overdrive. Turns out, the solenoid I had on it burnt out inside. It smelled burnt when I opened it up and it would not hold properly after shooting the pawl thingy out. That was the solenoid that came off my parts transmission I had put in over a year ago. The solenoid I originally had on the transmission when I first got it in the truck just stopped working one day. I never took it apart to identify why since I had the other solenoid. Well, I finally took it apart to find that one of the contact points had broken in two. So I did what made the most sense. I took the good contact point parts from the burnt up solenoid to replace the broken ones. Once I replaced the fuse that melted from the burnt solenoid, overdrive worked great again.

At around 9pm last night, I checked to make sure the windshield washer system was working and the switch fell apart completely. It was an aftermarket switch that obviously wasn’t made to last. I ended up replacing it with another switch and knob that I had in my stash. It’s a slightly different style button, but I don’t care since it works now.

The trip up to Lebanon, TN this morning went well with no issues. Downtown Lebanon has a really neat look to it. I’m looking forward to enjoying the SETN show tomorrow and Saturday!