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Offline cazman

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Transaxle electrical tab
« on: Sunday,September 04, 2022, 06:51:26 PM »
Either this was never used or I totally lost track of this wire. I cannot remember nor figure out what this is supposed to be connected to.
1973 Europa TCS

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Re: Transaxle electrical tab
« Reply #1 on: Sunday,September 04, 2022, 08:26:03 PM »
Backup light?
Neutral indicator?
Not a lot of possibilities.

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Re: Transaxle electrical tab
« Reply #2 on: Sunday,September 04, 2022, 08:28:53 PM »
I don’t remember ever seeing anything like that before. The only electric connections on a tranny is the switch for the backup lights and that’s on the side.

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Re: Transaxle electrical tab
« Reply #3 on: Sunday,September 04, 2022, 08:52:29 PM »
Test light and row through the gears.

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Re: Transaxle electrical tab
« Reply #4 on: Monday,September 05, 2022, 11:04:37 AM »
Additional earth tab?

If you have a multimeter you could 'beep’ it out

……rather strange

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Re: Transaxle electrical tab
« Reply #5 on: Monday,September 05, 2022, 02:55:57 PM »
   X2 on the earth but a lot of trouble to go through.
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Re: Transaxle electrical tab
« Reply #6 on: Monday,September 05, 2022, 04:11:18 PM »
Strange. I figured it was stock.
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Re: Transaxle electrical tab
« Reply #7 on: Monday,September 05, 2022, 04:28:03 PM »
Even after enlarging the image I am unsure.
Is that threaded into a bung?
Looks like a bung was welded into the case and the tab is attached to a hex nut so is removable.
I wonder if it might be a temperature sender?
I think your best bet for identification is to remove it and identify what sort of switch it is.

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Re: Transaxle electrical tab
« Reply #8 on: Monday,September 05, 2022, 07:38:37 PM »
Definitely not stock. I just compared the picture to my ‘73TCS 365 transaxle. All the other casting features look like mine, except that fitting.

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Re: Transaxle electrical tab
« Reply #9 on: Monday,September 05, 2022, 08:23:16 PM »
My 395 has that fitting.  I pulled the switch and fit a plug instead.  I use it to add oil.