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Re: Overdrive into Midget 1500

To: Larry Miller <millerls@ado13.com>
Subject: Re: Overdrive into Midget 1500
Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 16:46:07 -0400
Cc: "William M. Gilroy" <wmgilroy@avaya.com>, spridgets@autox.team.net
References: <39ADF259.4308250C@brit.ca> <39AE580B.34454B33@avaya.com> <39AEAF08.ECA5E91B@brit.ca> <008501c0138a$bd48e6e0$d4695098@larry>
Larry Miller wrote:
> 
> Trevor
> 
> Guy Weller in the UK did a write-up of his installation and you can find it
> at
> http://ado13.com/techs/tech3/od1500.html

  That article actually has some good info. Sounds like he went at
it the same way I did, and got good results, so that's good.

  I did notice a detail though, his overdrive works on third. He
also said he had the wrong bellhousing and input shaft, but the
"correct" spitfire one bolts right up.

  I have the "correct" spitfire unit, but from all I have read
the overdrive lockout switch only lets it work in 4th. I beleive
overdrive 3rd is also pretty close to 4th in ratio and this
was part of the rationale.

  I won't know until I find a spare shift lever and start doing
some testing, but that might be a difference from the source
vehicle.

-- 
Trevor Boicey, P. Eng.
Ottawa, Canada, tboicey@brit.ca
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