[6pack] Overdrive controller

Ditto, put a red LED on top of the escutcheon that is on when the OD is engaged.  Works great at night not as good during the day. Vance let me know what you come up with on an interlock circuit. Shouldn't be too hard with a relay that can be unlatched by the switches you mention and a spring loaded stalk.  

Lou
 

-----Original Message-----
From: "oliver" <sumton at sbcglobal.net>

Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2009 13:13:01 
To: <6pack at autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [6pack] Overdrive controller


i have on my car a light (yeah - another idiot light for another idiot) that 
is on when the od is engaged.  it helps, but its not nearly bright enough. 
its great at night, but with the top down on a sunny day, well . . .  i 
think a bright led might be a better idea.  its just wired in the circuit 
with the od.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Navarrette, Vance" <vance.navarrette at intel.com>
To: <6pack at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 19, 2009 12:51 PM
Subject: [6pack] Overdrive controller


>    Folks:
>
>        Been thinking about a winter project for the TR6.
>
>        The thing that keeps rattling around in my brain is the fact that I
> always end up leaving the overdrive engaged when I want it disengaged 
> (like
> after coasting down an off ramp). When I pull away from the signal at the 
> end
> of the ramp, I invariably mutter a four letter word when I shift into 3rd 
> as
> the OD engages unexpectedly. You would think I would remember to flick the
> column switch but it seems that I never do, adding to my anxiety about 
> having
> Alzheimer's.
>        I was thinking about designing a black box that sees the inhibitor
> switch open when I down shift, and then locks out the OD until I toggle 
> the
> column stalk again. In other words, the OD disengages and stays disengaged
> until deliberately re-engaged.
>        Before I start sketching out a circuit, does something like this
> already exist? I don't want to reinvent the wheel. I am thinking that it 
> must
> plug into the existing wiring harness with no cutting or splicing, and be
> easily installed in a hidden location. Of course it must work for both A 
> and J
> type ODs too.
>        So, any pre-existing solutions out there? Please give me a 
> hyperlink
> if possible.
>
>        Thanks,
>
>        Vance
>
>      Vance Navarrette
>    Cogito Ergo Zoom
>    I think, therefore I go fast 
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