I'm sure I'm not the Phil you're asking, (because if you're asking me =
you must be truly desperate.) but my guess as to why the later Midgets =
had this switch would be because Leyland had stalks with switches in the =
parts bin.
Phil Vanner
=20
-----Original Message-----
From: Larry Macy [SMTP:macy@bblmail.psycha.upenn.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 02, 1998 12:23 PM
To: Williams/MG Guy; Benjamin Ruset
Cc: MG List
Subject: Re: HELP! Need advice QUICK!
On 3/1/98 1:17 PM so and so Williams/MG Guy said. (And I quote)
>At 12:29 01/03/98 -0500, you wrote:
>>I'm possibly going to land the deal of the century.
>>
>>I can get a 69 BGT for an incredible price. The car is too far gone to =
be
>>restored, but I think it may have an overdrive transmission.
>>
>>The wiper stalk moves back and forward.... this is the easiest way of
>>checking to see if it has OD, short of putting the car on the lift?
>>
>>The VIN (if it helps) is GHD4U182955G
>>
>>
>>BEN RUSET
>
>Hey Ben..
>
>All MGB wiper stalks of that vintage moved thus. The switch mechanism =
and
>part of the circuit is built into every MGB (you can connect a nifty =
set of
>driving lamps to the switch!).
>
>About the only way to confirm is to get under the car and have a look =
at the
>rear-most section of the transmission. An OD will be a fairly beefy =
affair
>toward the driveshift connection, you should see a single wire leading =
down
>the left side of the tranny, disappearing into a flat housing on the
>underside. That's the selenoid wire of the OD. If it's a standard =
tranny,
>the left side of the unit will be considerably narrower in taper to the
>driveshift.
>
>Good luck!
>
>Terry Williams
>Halifax, Nova Scotia
>'70 BGT
>'68 roadster
OK I'll bite - why does the 75-78 Midget have the same thingy The wiper=20
stalk Has an obvious switch but it don't do anything. Was there ever an=20
overdrive for the Midget? Phil?
Larry Macy
78 Midget
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