Hi Stan and others. Sorry it’s been so long but life has been rather hectic. Update - had the original clutch practically rebuilt, new bearings etc but is was soooo noisy is sounded like a jack hammer was going off. I bought a replacement clutch (probably 80s era??) and finally got it installed. With the help of a couple people on here I found a NOS shifter solenoid and installed that, too. It’s up and running!! I replaced the light bulb, continued cleaning everything, and checked the rest of it. It’s much quieter.
Of course as soon as I got the clutch replaced the water level switch isn’t functioning correctly. The switch itself works but the spring no longer has enough oomph to depress near full and is triggered with only a few inches of water. Finding replacement torsion springs with the same dimensions has been fruitless unless I want to spend 350 dollars for a custom design
. No hardware store stocks them in person and I’m hesitant to spend lots of money on springs that I can’t test in person for their force resistance. All this to say that I have to watch it and press the water saver switch or else it will overflow while I have the pressure switch disconnected.
Of course as soon as I got the clutch replaced the water level switch isn’t functioning correctly. The switch itself works but the spring no longer has enough oomph to depress near full and is triggered with only a few inches of water. Finding replacement torsion springs with the same dimensions has been fruitless unless I want to spend 350 dollars for a custom design
