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Re: Got It!!

To: "Mark Gardner" <mrgrdnr@ix.netcom.com>, <spitfires@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Got It!!
From: "Keith R. Stewart" <kstewart@wwdc.com>
Date: Sun, 27 Jun 1999 13:40:26 -0400
> 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?
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Mark Gardner

You might check the level of fluit in the unit, and the type of fluid,
sometimes people use too low a viscosity fluid. Check what the manual calls
for...may not be a bad idea to change out the fluid anyway...you don't know
how long it has been there.

Cheers
Keith

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