<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;">One of my OD problems, (one was a bad relay) was the OD switch on the column had a broken wire connection that was not obvious because it sat in place until a bump in the road would “disconnect it” and the OD dropped out until another bump made it “reconnect” and then I could again use the OD. I had two intermittent problems that drove me nuts until I could figure one out then diagnose the other. Check the switch wires to see if there’s a problem there.<div><br><div>
<div>Bud Rolofson<br><br>Extreme Parts Racing (more than just a haircut)<br><br>71TR6 CC57365 (Good 6)<br>71 Spitfire MK IV Race Car #3<br>69 Spitfire MK III (back up FE engine/dinghy car)<br>93 Minnie Winnie Race Support Vehicle <br>77 Z-50A Hardly Davidson Honda Mini-Trail Bike (Triumph Pit Bike)</div>
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<br><div><div>On Jul 25, 2017, at 9:54 AM, ron landis <<a href="mailto:rdltr250@sbcglobal.net">rdltr250@sbcglobal.net</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 13px;"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8743">Just finished a 1200 mile trip with the TR250. Only hiccup was the overdrive:</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8813"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8814">When first starting out , each day, OD worked great. After a short time OD would not engage. I would flip lever on column, the amp meter on the dash would show a draw but it would engage OD. Tried 3 to five times minutes later and it would engage. Sometimes it would take 5 to ten seconds to engage.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8863"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8882" dir="ltr">Its an A type OD. Could it be a bad solenoid? Or looking at the other link a bad relay? I really don't want to take the tunnel off.</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8927"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8915">Any suggestions?</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8916"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8924">Thanks</div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8925"><br></div><div dir="ltr" id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1500996990669_8926">Ron<br></div></div></div><br>** <a href="mailto:triumphs@autox.team.net">triumphs@autox.team.net</a> **<br><br>Donate: <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/archive">http://www.team.net/archive</a><br>Forums: <a href="http://www.team.net/forums">http://www.team.net/forums</a><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/levilevi@comcast.net">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/triumphs/levilevi@comcast.net</a><br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>