On my car, you flip the o/d switch down to engage overdrive. I am pretty
sure that is correct. And no, the diff ratio did not change when air
conditioning was installed.
Tim Holbrook
1971 TR6
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>From: RedTriumphTr6@aol.com
>Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2000 16:41:10 EST
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>Thanks guys for all the advice re the heater problem. New question: should
>my overdrive switch flip up or down to egage the overdrive? Mine engages
>when I flip the lever down. It is a rebuilt switch. It thought that the
>drivers manual described flipping it up to engage the unit. Am I wrong in
>assumming that someone may have wired it wrong? Thoughts? Also, my car has
>air, which I am told was usually dealer installed. Did any of the late cars
>have factory installed air? How could I tell the difference? Would my car
>have had a different ratio in the differential because of the
>air.....remember that in the 70's American muscle cars usually had taller
>gear ratios when you ordered air( and thus suffered from a loss of
>performance). If I removed the compressor and air hookups, would I gain
>performance?
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