[Mgs] mgb overdrive

[Glenn Schnittke]

CR makes a good point about switches. In *my* experience (he types 
laughingly) any time the OD starts going I take a look at the alternator.

When I pulled the OD out of the crashed primrose, I bought all the 
rebuild parts from Moss and installed them (it had been flaking out in 
the prim). When I put it into the redcar it worked beautifully. Crisp 
and solid.

A little while after installation it started having difficulty engaging 
at times and then started dropping out at speed. Then died completely. I 
immediately blamed the rebuild parts, but then I had to jump the battery 
at work. Turned out my alt connection was bad and the + feed had slowly 
started to break strands one by one. I had done an alternator conversion 
on the redcar ('67) and my soldering job wasn't a good one. What was 
happening was that the OD kept getting full voltage but the amperage was 
losing ground, no pun intended. Fixed the + feed connection and 
miraculously the OD came back to life. Bucks saved.

Glenn

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