TCI is a trans builder (Total Cost Involved). They do a lot with aftermarket install parts.
I thought factory locked the converter in third and fourth, might be just fourth. They disengage the converter with the brake so it doesn't chug the motor when you roll to a stop. If you hot wire the converter and don't unlock it at low speed you'll know what I mean.
Yes you should be able to wire a hot and ground to make it work. Unless it is grounded inside the transmission, then you only need to provide power. Since you said you have four wires, I am guessing it isn't a single wire setup.
What color are your wires?
Do you have a test light? Are any of your wires hot? Is the trans still stock? Is the harness original to the car? I thought most 200R4s were in computer controlled cars and were two wire setups.
On my car the purple wire is the power, pushing the brake turns off the power to the wire. If you don't have power at the plug, check your switch at the pedal. The brown/black wire is the ground that completes the circuit and turns on the solenoid locking the converter. In my car these wires are not in the computer harness, but in a separate plug(white I think) next to the computer harness inside the car at the right kick panel. The brown/black does go to the computer and to the ALDL (scanner) plug under the dash. If you have power on the purple wire, try grounding the brn/blk and listen for a click in the trans. You should be able to hear the solenoid function.
Good luck
I thought factory locked the converter in third and fourth, might be just fourth. They disengage the converter with the brake so it doesn't chug the motor when you roll to a stop. If you hot wire the converter and don't unlock it at low speed you'll know what I mean.
Yes you should be able to wire a hot and ground to make it work. Unless it is grounded inside the transmission, then you only need to provide power. Since you said you have four wires, I am guessing it isn't a single wire setup.
What color are your wires?
Do you have a test light? Are any of your wires hot? Is the trans still stock? Is the harness original to the car? I thought most 200R4s were in computer controlled cars and were two wire setups.
On my car the purple wire is the power, pushing the brake turns off the power to the wire. If you don't have power at the plug, check your switch at the pedal. The brown/black wire is the ground that completes the circuit and turns on the solenoid locking the converter. In my car these wires are not in the computer harness, but in a separate plug(white I think) next to the computer harness inside the car at the right kick panel. The brown/black does go to the computer and to the ALDL (scanner) plug under the dash. If you have power on the purple wire, try grounding the brn/blk and listen for a click in the trans. You should be able to hear the solenoid function.
Good luck
