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1. [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2008 22:09:24 +0000; I retrofitted my '59 3A restoration with an A overdrive. That to me is the best improvement on my car, which also includes a Pertrinox, the upgraded rear oil seal, a wood steering wheel, four tandem; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00330.html (6,917 bytes)
2. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "Ibsen Dow" <flashtr3@cox.net>; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:56:19 -0700; I purchased a used original overdrive switch when mine failed. That was 20 years ago and still works outstanding. I not familiar with the aftermarket reproductions as far as quality. Ibsen '59 TR3 '7; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00335.html (9,080 bytes)
3. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: MMoore8425@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:15:22 EDT; I purchased a used original overdrive switch when mine failed. That was 20 years ago and still works outstanding. I not familiar with the aftermarket reproductions as far as quality. Ibsen I like the; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00337.html (8,062 bytes)
4. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:42:22 -0700; It's cute, but I'm not all that crazy about it. Hard to tell by feel whether the switch is in OD or not; and hard to change it in a hurry, particularly if one is wearing gloves. IMO there's somethin; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00340.html (7,941 bytes)
5. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: MMoore8425@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:54:55 EDT; It's cute, but I'm not all that crazy about it. Hard to tell by feel whether the switch is in OD or not; and hard to change it in a hurry, particularly if one is wearing gloves. IMO there's something; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00341.html (8,518 bytes)
6. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:05:22 -0400; Is that the same switch as is used on the shift knob in a Spitfire? Best place in the world for it, right at your finger tips when you're shifting! That's what they invented tachometers for... -- Jim; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00342.html (7,909 bytes)
7. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: MMoore8425@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:47:53 EDT; Is that the same switch as is used on the shift knob in a Spitfire? Best place in the world for it, right at your finger tips when you're shifting! Yes, and I wholeheartedly agree (as did all the ral; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00343.html (8,053 bytes)
8. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:56:50 -0700; I believe so, later ones anyway. In a Spit, everything is close to hand <g> But cruising in a Stag, I have to move my hand over a foot to reach the OD switch; while in the '3 I generally don't have; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00344.html (8,165 bytes)
9. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "John Macartney" <standardtriumph@btinternet.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:35:38 +0100; Then do as I do and turn up the volume on your hearing aid! You'll hear the solenoid clicking - and in any case how do you manage to reach a traffic light while still in overdrive Jonmac ____________; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00345.html (8,629 bytes)
10. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:19:42 +0000; My biggest concern, and why I like the original 2 switch, is that I always check whether I've stupidly left the OD on when I'm ready to reverse. Tach won't help when I'm parked. ...and as all know, r; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00346.html (8,932 bytes)
11. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "Jim Muller" <jimmuller@rcn.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:34:13 -0400; That's what they invented lock-out switches for. Disconnecting the lock-out switch is...well...bad...very bad! Or is the TR3 to primitive for a lock-out switch? -- Jim Muller jimmuller@rcn.com '80 Sp; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00348.html (8,457 bytes)
12. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 22:52:49 +0000; Ah, Jim! You've lived in the Northeast long enough, you must know that the TR3 is not "primitive." Nay nay! New Hampshire is the "Live Free or Die State" so it's all about advanced civics! TR3's with; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00350.html (9,334 bytes)
13. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:57:05 -0700; It's primitive, but not quite THAT primitive! Still, it's embarrassing (and not so good for the OD) to catch 2nd gear and have the OD try to engage immediately. Mine leaked internally enough that it; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00351.html (8,385 bytes)
14. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: DLylis@aol.com; Date: Thu, 24 Jul 2008 21:08:01 EDT; My biggest concern, and why I like the original 2 switch, is that I always check whether I've stupidly left the OD on when I'm ready to reverse. Tach won't help when I'm parked. ...and as all know, r; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00356.html (8,692 bytes)
15. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: tom white <tswhitez123@hotmail.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:10:19 +0000; I recall a weekend in the snow at a cabin with the sports car club I belonged to in the sixties. At the end of the weekend we all drove down the mountain in little flurries of blowing snow. I passed; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00371.html (9,023 bytes)
16. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "Ibsen Dow" <flashtr3@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 06:57:59 -0700; What should the operating pressure be? I understand that if you attached a gauge to the overdrive unit, you can measure the pressure. My overdrive works fine in 3rd & 4th and quick to engage, but se; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00373.html (9,470 bytes)
17. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "Ibsen Dow" <flashtr3@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 09:26:26 -0700; Hi Fred, Are you talking about the alignment of the operating solenoid using the a drill bit into the side hole for adjustment? In my opinion your O/D needs a simple adjustment, in the Moss U/K parts; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00378.html (11,260 bytes)
18. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "Randall" <tr3driver@ca.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:41:50 -0700; It varies with which OD you have, and which engine it's behind. Unfortunately I can't lay my hands on the factory spec for a TR3A offhand, but several sources give it as 350-370 psi so that's probab; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00380.html (9,768 bytes)
19. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: "Ibsen Dow" <flashtr3@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:20:42 -0700; Thanks Randall for the insight...I suspect that there may be dirt on the ball seat or ball not seating properly. That seems like the next step, since I have already re-aligned the solenoid plunger as; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00386.html (11,045 bytes)
20. Re: [TR] TR3A Overdrive Switches (score: 1): Author: terryrs@comcast.net; Date: Fri, 25 Jul 2008 22:19:19 +0000; Uh oh. Am I guilty of spreading false information? I thought I read here on the List that going into reverse with OD switched on would evenutally ruin the OD. Do I have that wrong? Terry ___________; /html/triumphs/2008-07/msg00387.html (8,679 bytes)

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