Mark Gardner wrote:
> 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
Mark,
Congrats on your new toy..... My '76 with O/D does not and has not done what
you described, so I can't help you there. But, Vicky Brit (Catalog #SG28,
pg. 106) does have the gearshift components you need for a gearshift switch,
but will only work with a hollow shift lever so the wiring can go thru it.
Good luck.
Cheers,
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Bob Norway
Rockledge, Florida
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