I have to agree.
If you are having a pissing match, this is pretty good pissing.
It just takes a few minutes to fix the switch, even with the Haynes
instructions.
Wilko-my-Healey-runs-again
San Diego
On Jul 15, 2008, at 4:05 PM, Mr. Finespanner wrote:
> Alan,
> I'm with Rich on this one. The throttle switch is there to prevent
> negative torque on the overdrive unit when the OD is switched off.
> Negative torque, or, in other words, turning in the wrong direction,
> will hand grenade the uni-directional roller bearing clutch which is
> only allowed to turn one way (hence the name "uni-directional").
> This is the same reason why the OD should never be on in reverse,
> which is one purpose of the switch for the gear selector. If these 2
> switches are not functioning correctly the roller bearing clutch can
> explode and create an expensive mess. This guy can't be much of a
> Brit car mechanic if he doesn't understand something this basic.
> regards,
> Doug Reid, 18G Motorworks
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