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Got It!!

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Subject: Got It!!
From: Mark Gardner <mrgrdnr@ix.netcom.com>
Date: Sat, 26 Jun 1999 22:13:04 -0700
Hi Spitsters - 
Well I just got home from picking up my new (to me) '79 spit.  Drove it
about 100 freeway miles from Orange County to Victorville (South to
North of Los Angeles).  I sure am glad I waited and bought one with an
overdrive (G).  But what would a post from me be without a question....
The overdrive worked great and engaged very quickly, but at one point in
the trip I flicked the switch to diengage the O/D, and it wouldn't.  I
flicked the switch back and forth, still no disengage.  I left the
switch in the "out" potition, and several miles later, it kicked out.  I
engaged it again, no problem, and it disengaged easily.  But 10 or
twenty miles later, the situation repeated itself.  Based on earlier
advise from the list, I will check switch contacts, but this seemed to
be related to how long the O/D had been engaged.  Does that make any
sense to anybody?

Does anyone know of a company that makes a nice gearshift knob that
accomodates the O/D switch?  ( A search in Yahoo on "spitfire" and
"gearshift knob" gives a script from "Home Improvement".)

Pictures to follow next week.

Regards,

Mark Gardner

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