[TR] Overdrive Fixed
Dave1massey at cs.com
Dave1massey at cs.com
Tue Jul 3 05:28:07 MDT 2012
They say the difference between a mechanical problem and an electrical
problem is that a mechanical problem takes a minute to find and an hour to fix
whereas an electrical problem takes an hour to find and an hour to fix.
And the software corollary is that a software bog takes a week to find and
a second to fix.
Dave
In a message dated 7/2/2012 8:31:33 PM Central Daylight Time,
glemon at neb.rr.com writes:
> I had an Austin Healey years ago exhibiting similar problems, after
> pulling
> the tranny tunnel and swapping out the relay, and testing the various
> electrical connections and the throttle switch (a feature thankfully
> omitted
> from Triumph O/Ds) it turned out to be a loose wire on the dash switch, a
> 30
> second fix that tooks hours and days to diagnose. When the car was
> sitting
> the wire made pretty good contact, so it worked when tested in static
> mode,
> but driving down the road the wire bounced around and O/D juddered in and
> out.
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