WOW, didn't mean to start a war! I didn't know the OD will automatically
drop out when not in 3 or 4, then why does BL warn you not to backup if
this is not possible? Besides the OD light thing was not an attempt to
bypass anything but to know what state your OD is in.
Thanks
Randy Rees
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: REICHLE, CHRISTOPHER [SMTP:CREICHLE@nsc.msmail.miami.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, October 30, 1997 11:18 AM
> To: car
> Cc: mgs
> Subject: Re: OD engagement light
>
>
> I don't understand the reasoning here... Someone butchers a B by
> bypassing a
> safety switch which protects the od from the driver carelessly
> engaging it
> at the wrong time and you all assume that it is an ordeal to operate
> the
> overdrive because you can damage it by operating it without the
> switch. It's
> a $15 switch! Replace it and move on... How hard is 1,2,3,4,switch OD.
> It
> even automatically takes it's self out of overdrive when you shift
> down into
> 2nd (if you forget). Do you shift into reverse after 3rd? Forget to
> push in
> the clutch when you shift? That would ruin things too. But you don't
> do
> that, do you? I'm sorry to go on a rant like this but I am tired of
> people
> complaining about having to wire a light bulb into their od harness
> because
> they won't buy a $15 switch that is has failed after 20 years of
> service and
> is supposed to be installed and are too dull to remember that they
> have
> flipped an od switch. This is the origin of the DPO!
>
> If you plan on improperly connecting the electronics on an od in such
> a way
> as to bypass the safety features and not have the presence of mind to
> know
> when you flip the od switch than you not only do not want an od, you
> do not
> deserve one. Complicated would be taking your foot off the gas,
> engaging the
> clutch, pulling out of 4th, shifting into 5th and disengaging the
> clutch
> while matching the engine rpm with the proper amount of gas pedal
> pressure.
> A "marvel" would be flipping a switch and having all this done for you
> but
> unfortunately you still have to know when to do it which seems to be
> beyond
> some of the list members.
>
> I will be accepting flames directly at creichle@nsc.msmail.miami.edu
> as to
> not clutter the list with more personal attachs like I have been
> seeing so
> frequently on the list. I do not mean this as a personal attach on any
> one
> person (especially not NORY, your just getting bad info) just the dpos
> that
> complain when their hacks cause problems giving others an unjustified
> fear
> of doing things like installing an od.
>
> Chris Reichle
> creichle@nsc.msmail.miami.edu
> ----------
> From: mgs-owner
> To: car
> Cc: mgs
> Subject: Re: OD engagement light
> Date: Thursday, October 30, 1997 1:03AM
>
> "...REALLY worth all the
> aggravation...?"
>
> I have to agree with Carol on this one. One of the things I like
> about
> these cars is their simplicity, and lack of complicated modern
> "marvels". It doesn't seem like this one is worth all the trouble -
> I'd
> probably blow out the transmission on the first day.
>
>
> MG - it's not just a car, it's an adventure.
>
> -NORY
> Don't assume that because you have found one problem, you have found
> the
> ONLY problem.
>
> '74 Midget & '71 parts car
> '94 Ford Ranger
> '86 Ford Escort
> '89 Ford Probe
> '96 North American Shepherd
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Way/9101
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