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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