vario advice needed

[spike4073]

ok... ive got my belt tention sorted, replaced vacuum valve with one known to be working, bypassed kickdown switches on master cylinder as this is faulty, bypassed kickdown on throttle cable as my cable isnt original and doesnt have the earth switch bits

my problem is that it still wont change up, when i flip the low hold switch i hear the click from vacuum valve and it sucks strongly on kickdown side but without the switch on it doesnt suck at all from either side and theres no click as i increase revs?

hoping someone on here has some ideas

thanks

[360beast]

What you need to do is fit a 5 speed manual

[spike4073]

lol i thought about that when i first bought it but ive since got attached to it

[macplaxton]

Transistor on Tacho Relay not working?

[spike4073]

i thoucht tacho but ive tried swapping it out as i have a spare and same issue

[volvodspec]

never just swap a tacho out on it's own, often it's the diode in the EMV valve that's broken, in some cases this can lead to a direct failure of the end transistor in the tacho even if you fit another one.

get yourself a transistor and diode, replace them together and try again.

[spike4073]

the tacho has already been overhauled as has the emv hence my confusion :S

[spike4073]

i spoke to a friend who knows more about cvts than me and he seems to think i have an earth leak somewhere? also recommended i top up the fluid in one of my rear pulleys as he seems to think its seized?

[spike4073]

no idea how to trace earth leak:/ is there any kind of how to guide for this?