[TR] Vitesse OD Identification

[Sujit Roy]

Check the seals in the solenoid. You will need a thin wrench / spanner to
undo the solenoid.
Sujit

On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 1:34 PM Sujit Roy <triumphstag at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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