I called a shop called DaisyWagon on Ravenna in Seattle. Here's what they said. If your overdrive is working after a period of time it's a heat issue; i.e. the overdrive isn't working until something heats up. If the relay was broken, the overdrive would never work. The same thing goes for the solenoid (another "solution" on these sites)- it to is an on and off mechanism that most likely wouldn't be effected by heat. The folks at Daisy wagon most confidently said that what they do is enlarge a passageway near the diaphragm near the solenoid. After years the passageway gets to narrow and fluid won't flow through there until it is thin enough to do so at the right pressure (the speed you need for overdrive) This is why, when the fluid finally expands enough after warming up, it will activate the working solenoid and relay. If anyone has more to add to this I'd be glad to hear it- but after searching for a long time, this seemed to be a reason I could put some weight on. I'm getting the operation done on Thursday. I'll let you know how it goes.
If you drive at the speed limit it takes around 2 hours to drive 100 miles So to drive 1385 miles it will take around 27-28 hours
The duration of Maximum Overdrive is 1.62 hours.
around 14 hours
around about 13 to 14 hours
around 7 hours
around 9 hours
9 hours
Around 5 hours
depends on how fast you drive....if you drive an average speed of 60mph it would be around 4 hours
It takes 4 hours to get to Houston so around 5 hours.
Around 26 hours.
Around 14 hours.