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<p><font size="-1" color="#003300">Or:<br>
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<p><font size="-1" color="#003300">Using a relay for latching, you
may consider using just a (non-latching) pushbutton to engage
the O/D.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" color="#003300">Assuming the O/D works only on
3rd and 4th gear, you don't even need a (second, NC pushbutton)
switch to disengage the O/D.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" color="#003300">Just move the gear lever to
between 3rd and 4th and then just a very short time to the left
to let the relay disengage and thus to have the O/D disengage.</font></p>
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<p><font size="-1" color="#003300"><br>
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<p><font size="-1" color="#003300">(Similar as in my 1972 Sunbeam
Sceptre. In that car, there is a stalk to the R/H side of the
steering column.</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" color="#003300">Stalk momentarily down = engage;
momentarily up = disengage. I never use the "momentarily up"
function; <br>
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<p><font size="-1" color="#003300">I always disengage as just
described. Very convenient!) <br>
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<p><font size="-1" color="#003300">Bert</font></p>
<p><font size="-1" color="#003300">70 B</font><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Op 11-11-2019 om 17:08 schreef Charley
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I've swapped OD gearboxes into two CBBs. In both cases I used the
gear levers from the original non-OD transmissions. I don't see
any reason that you can't use the gear lever you already have for
the OD box. <br>
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As to the OD switch, I'd put it on the dash if I had an open spot
for it that was handy to my right hand. In the CB cars the wiring
and switch are already installed but there's no reason you can't
find the white circuit that Paul mentioned and run a wire from it
to your switch and from the switch to the lockout switch on the OD
box. Looks like there are a couple of switches in the Moss
catalog that would look OK on the dash. The switch is just a SPST
that can handle the solenoid current.<br>
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My $ .02,<br>
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CR<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 11/11/2019 7:35 AM, Andrew
Lundgren via Mgs wrote:<br>
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<div dir="auto">I have a '78. The transmission is a blue label,
but the seller doesn't have the shift lever.
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<div dir="auto">A lever for a '78 is not a cheap thing, and my
son who is driving it a lot right now likes the Walnut MG
logo shifter it has. So I'm looking at options for how to
install the O/D switch. </div>
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<div dir="auto">From the moss catalog, it looks like the '76
switch won't work with the '78. So I might have to buy the
parts to put together the shifter switch or put it in the
blank accessory switch above the fan on the dash. </div>
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AM PaulHunt73 <<a
href="mailto:paulhunt73@virginmedia.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">paulhunt73@virginmedia.com</a>>
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<div><font size="2">None of that is to do with the OD
itself.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Which gears it operated on is a
function of the linkages on top of the gearbox, and
you can have it on 3 and 4 or 4 only as you wish.
When the TCSA was introduced in late 76 to control
'surging' a third switch was added to the top of the
gearbox that operated in 2nd and 4th, and this was
wired in series with the OD switch operating in 3rd
and 4th to produce a 4th gear only output controlling
the TCSA and vacuum advance. I suspect that was not
very reliable as it was an external micro-switch so it
was deleted and the gearbox components changed so the
switch operated in 4th only, as done to the V8 several
years previously. The gearbox switch now controlled
both OD and TCSA. </font></div>
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<div><font size="2">The gear lever itself changed for the
77 model year to incorporate the OD manual switch, but
that can also be fitted to any year, or the 77
converted back to some other switch, as you wish.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">The wiring prior to 77 was from the
manual switch on the dash or the column, to the
gearbox switch on a yellow and a yellow red, then from
there to the solenoid. For 77 on it was from the
ignition supply on a white to the gearbox switch, then
from there to the manual switch on the gear lever, and
from there to the solenoid.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">Black label or blue label determines
which speedo is compatible - black label was used on
CB cars and used a 1280tpm speedo. Blue label was
used on RB cars and used a 1000tpm speedo. But
speedos can be recalibrated if you end up with the
wrong combination. </font></div>
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<div><font size="2">So as a 78 it should have a blue label
OD and the manual switch on the gear lever, as the
column switch - which together with the plastic dash
was new for the 77 model year - won't have that
function. But if the car has the earlier RB dash and
column switches you don't need the gear lever switch,
which is prone to shorting out and causing harness
damage.</font></div>
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<div><font size="2">PaulH.</font></div>
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<div dir="auto">Not so much. It will be a a bit still
until the transmission arrives. (Freight from NY to
UT) I'm just trying to figure out which shifter it
should have had as well as which gears it should work
on.
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<div dir="auto">I'm going to be putting it into a 78,
but the current owner is still trying to track down
the shifter from his friend, the previous owner. He
doesn't know if it was a late shifter or an early
one.</div>
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<div dir="auto">I'm trying to determine how to wire it
in.</div>
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