Re: Swapping to an OD transmission.

["Simon Austin" <simon_mgb@hotmail.com>]

Thanks for the info, Paul.  Another small project to be completed.  Good 
idea about the fuel pump as well!

Cheers
Simon




> Agree that there *should* be, the factory never provided one, and 17 amp
> rated 35 amp blow is fine and you (should!) have a couple of spares in the
> fusebox.  I've done mine where the gearbox loom joins the main loom near 
> the
> fusebox (also where the main loom joins the rear loom for the fuel pump,
> same rating) as it can be done very easily with an in-line fuse with short
> tails terminated in a couple of bullets, and is easily reversible if you
> should so wish.  An unexpected benefit of doing both like this was that 
> when
> I had a float valve fail away from home I simply cross-connected the OD and
> fuel pump circuits and could switch the pump on and off enough to fill the
> chambers but not leak while I drove home.
>
> PaulH.
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