[TR] Vitesse OD Identification

Sujit Roy triumphstag at gmail.com
Tue May 19 14:34:12 MDT 2020


Looks like  a J type overdrive. I put one of these from a UK Triumph
Dolomite Sprint on my Stag.
Sujit

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 12:18 PM Jeff Scarbrough <fishplate at gmail.com>
wrote:

> The filter should be on the bottom under a rectangular plate.  I use
> Redline MT-90 in mine.
>
> On Mon, May 18, 2020 at 8:05 PM <bkharding at canby.com> wrote:
>
>> Background:  My 1967 Vitesse was a Switzerland issue car.  It was shipped
>> without an OD but the original owners added one.  The past year I've been
>> having a sometimes delayed response getting into OD.... sometimes I have to
>> flip the switch several times to get it to engage.
>>
>> Today I removed the seats, carpet, and trans tunnel to clean the filter
>> that is on the left side of the OD.  I was stunned that the OD was
>> different than the ones shown in my Vitesse/GT6 manuals and online.  The
>> solenoid was on the left towards the bottom of the trans and if there is a
>> filter/screen to clean is must be on the very bottom of the OD as I
>> couldn't see one from the top and the exhaust system prevents me from
>> seeing the bottom.  Pictures are hopefully attached.  I think the problem
>> was the mechanical switch on the transmission linkage that inhibits the OD
>> from engaging in 1st, 2nd, and reverse was loose and in fact flaky but I'm
>> perplexed as to what the OD came out of.  On the flange of the OD
>>
>> Stanpart MAT 3280
>>
>> is on the right front OD flange.  On left side
>>
>> 883133085 116429
>>
>> is stamped on the front left OD flange and
>>
>> SG 7388 -3 -L
>> 115314
>>
>> is stamped on the left case of the OD.
>>
>> Any ideas on what this OD came out of?  A Volvo maybe?
>>
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Bruce Harding
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Sujit Roy
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