Harry,
Early cars had two interrupter switches that allowed the overdrive to be
engaged in 2nd, 3rd and 4th gears. Later cars only had one interrupter
switch and engage only in 3rd and 4th gears. Your '74 TR6 should only engage
in 3rd and 4th.
Terry Geiger
74 Triumph TR6 (for sunny days)
84 Mercedes Benz 300D Turbo Diesel (for the wife to drive)
90 Chevy S10 (to fetch parts for the first two)
----- Original Message -----
From: <Harrymague@aol.com>
To: <triumphs@autox.team.net>
Sent: Friday, March 03, 2006 7:19 PM
Subject: Transmission Rebuild Question 3
> OK, for those of you that have been helping in my rebuilding and
> converting
> my 6's transmission, thing are progressing well. The top cover have been
> tapped and machined so that the interrupter switch works. I have rebuilt
> a
> transmission before so no surprises there. I obtained a wiring harness
> from the
> roadster factory and have a question about that. The obvious wire (YG)
> that
> comes for the switch on the column that goes to the interrupter switch
> then
> the (YP) that continues to the override solenoid isn't the problem. The
> wiring harness has an extra pair of wires, (YG) and (YP) wire that none
> of my
> wiring diagrams shows. The amount of wire suggests that it attaches to
> another
> interrupter switch, but neither the reverse switch nor the neutral safety
> switch on my wiring diagrams have the correct color. Anybody have any
> suggestions. I also check the wiring diagrams for all the years from Dan
> Masters
> electrical book without any help. I also looked at the pictures from
> several
> catalogs, Rimmers, Moss Europe, etc and all show the extra wire. Thanks
> in
> advance.
> Harry Mague
> 74 TR6
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