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Re: Overdrive flakiness question

To: "Max Heim" <mvheim@studiolimage.com>, "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: Overdrive flakiness question
From: "Mike Janacek" <mjanacek@snet.net>
Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 02:03:22 -0400
The OD shares the oil in the gearbox, i.e. no separate fill and drain. 20/50
is what the manual recommends.
Mike
'79B

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Max Heim" <mvheim@studiolimage.com>
To: "MG List" <mgs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 06, 2004 5:56 PM
Subject: Re: Overdrive flakiness question


> You could check the oil level. It operates hydraulically. What kind of oil
> is in there, anyway?
>
> on 6/5/04 2:04 PM, Tab Julius at tab@penworks.com wrote:
>
> > My '78 B has a switched (electric) autodrive; it's been great.
> >
> > The last few trips I've noticed a disconcerting tendency for me to have
it
> > in fourth, put it into overdrive, and have it not respond.  It might
kick
> > into overdrive a few minutes later, or not at all.  Sometimes turning it
> > off, shifting down, shifting up, turning it back on might make it go,
> > sometimes it doesn't matter.
> >
> > I'm worried that this might be a harbinger of something to come -
anything
> > simple I should look for? (Simple meaning something I can do other than
> > wait for the thing to fail altogether).
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > - Tab
>
>
> --
>
> Max Heim
> '66 MGB GHN3L76149
> If you're near Mountain View, CA,
> it's the primer red one with chrome wires





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