That sounds plausible to me. Hopefully it isn't tightened down too hard,
because I doubt you can get a wrench up there (I should say, a wrench large
enough to fit the switch). It really should only be hand-tightened, anyway.
> I'm having that exact problem in my car; when it jumps out of overdrive in
> cruise, if I exert a little pressure on the shifter towards the rear and right
> it puts it back into OD, but holding pressure on your shifter is no way to
> drive.
> Just two days ago I attended the MGs of Baltimore gathering at Rocks State
> Park (MGs on the Rocks) and sucked some data out of the head of MG guru Alan
> Tucker on this topic. He said that if you disconnect the driveshaft and
> unbolt
> the transmission support brace, letting the tranny rest on the welded brace,
> that provides just enough room to reach up on the left side of the tranny (as
> viewed from the tailshaft) and work on the cutout switch. I haven't tried it
> yet.
>
> Jay Donoghue
> 72B-GT
> 66 Mustang
>
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