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OD hanging in OD?

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Subject: OD hanging in OD?
From: "Triumph Driver" <triumph_driver@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 05 Mar 2001 17:26:16 -0800 FILETIME=[70C48790:01C0A5DC]
All righty then....

Has anyone ever had an issue with an OD hanging in OD?  My 1977 Spit has a 
79 OD/tranny in it, and lately I think it has been hanging in OD.  After a 
fairly long run in OD (say more than 4 miles after reaching full temp) I 
will switch the OD out, but the revs do not go up.  Then I down shift as 
normal for coming to a stop or slowing.  No big deal, but if I go all the 
way down to first the revs go way up.  As in there is a very large 
difference between 1st and 2nd gear ratios.  Decidedly not normal.  If, on 
the other hand, I just stay in 2nd and accelerate hard, I can feel the 
tranny slip (BAD feeling, believe me).  But if I am in and out of OD in 
short runs the OD does not seem to hang.

Is the above as confusing as I think it sounds?

Anyway, has anyone seen this or got an idea were to start looking?  The 
selenoid sounds like it is throwing properly at all times.


Darrell, in the High Desert of California

62  TR-4  CT 5368 LO  (daily driver)
62  TR-4  CT 10440 L
62  TR-4  CT 13108 L  (long term project)
65  Spit  FC 51603 L
67  Spit  FD 2890 L   (daughters car)
77  Spit  FM 62888 UC  (other daily driver)
79  Spit  FM 98233 UC  (wifes car)

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