or wire it to a relay to control both ckts.
Paul Tegler
Twin 73' MGB GTs YB and OB
YB born 8/72 (Primrose Yellow) Yellow BGT
OB born 1/73 (Blase Red) Orange BGT
email: wizardz@amdyne.net
http://www.amdyne.net/~ptegler/mgmain.htm
-----Original Message-----
From: MSAWDEY@aol.com <MSAWDEY@aol.com>
To: mgs4dave@warwick.net <mgs4dave@warwick.net>; mgrick@ptd.net
<mgrick@ptd.net>
Cc: mgs@autox.team.net <mgs@autox.team.net>
Date: Sunday, December 20, 1998 11:42 PM
Subject: Re: non od and OD trannys
>In a message dated 98-12-20 20:27:04 EST, mgs4dave@warwick.net writes:
>
><< Also, John, the owner said that 50% of the rebuilds he sees are caused
> by driving in reverse with the OD still energized! Once that happens,
> you get a loud BANG and goodbye OD. I'm putting them into my 67BGT and
> the 64B and maybe the A coupe, but I'd like to wire a warning light
> letting me know there is no current going to the OD for sure!
> Any ideas how to do that, group? >>
>
>An idea from the technological attic: years ago, I worked on a 1951
Plymouth
>with overdrive, in the process of which I discovered that the clever Yanks
had
>built in a solution to the destruction-through-reverse problem. The backup
>light switch had two sets of contacts: one normally open (for the backup
>lights--closes when you put the trans in reverse), one normally closed (for
>the overdrive--opens when you put it in reverse). The switch itself screwed
>into the transmission and was activated by one of the rails inside, so it
>probably wouldn't be adaptable to anything else, but the idea might be. A
>normally-closed microswitch in the right place ought to do the trick....
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