[TR] tr6 reversing woes

[Frank Fisher]

Ed
don't know if its an A or J type. 1973 TR6. i suspect its a J type
car was
bought ruining after some "rebuilding" . i drove it to Buddy's home.
O/D was
not working when i drove it.
when he got it home he found that beneath the
shinny new paint job was some pretty poor detail work.
lots of electric wired
wrong, including the O/D
don't know if the O/D was worked on.
he did manage to
get the wiring corrected to the O/D and we know the wire is hot when the
switch is engaged and not hot when not engaged. when the wire to the O/D is
switched to on the solenoid clicks.
Frank 
 

From: "fogbro1 at comcast.net"
<fogbro1 at comcast.net>
To: Frank Fisher <yellowtr3 at yahoo.com>
Cc:
triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:27 AM
Subject: Re:
[TR] tr6 reversing woes


Frank,
 
In addition to knowing what type of
overdrive, 'A' or 'J', it would be helpful to know a bit of the o/d's history:
 
1. Has it ever worked properly?
2. Is it newly installed?
3. Just rebuilt by
someone?
 
Ed Woods


From: "Frank Fisher" <yellowtr3 at yahoo.com>
To:
triumphs at autox.team.net
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 10:17:27 AM
Subject:
[TR] tr6 reversing woes

my last post on this had my friend experiencing a
difficult time reversing his TR6. its like the handbrake is on.
our of gear it
rolls forward and backward very easily. but once you try and reverse using the
motor in the normal fashion it struggles.
the car has laycock overdrive. we
did not think it was working.
in talking to my friend last night we found when
driving the car at +/-60 mph his revs are +/-2200.
sounds like the overdrive
is stuck in the on position.
i have so little experience with overdrives.
so
what could be the cause of stuck on and what are the remedies?
thanks
Frank
triumphs at autox.team.net

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