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1. Overdrive swap (score: 1): Author: "K. Johnson" <mgaskew@aculink.net>; Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 17:36:34 -0600; I've seen a couple of posts, but none of the responses as to what it takes an overdrive swap. I've got a 70B that I'm swapping the engine and tranny out for a different engine and overdrive tranny. J; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00114.html (8,151 bytes)
2. Re: Overdrive swap (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 18:36:51 -0700; Think again about the clutch. It's highly probably that you will want to replace it once you open things up -- might as well have it on hand and not hold up the show. It's a big BIG pain to go throug; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00118.html (10,510 bytes)
3. Re: Overdrive swap (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 22:51:30 -0700; Hi Kathy, BTDT on both a '69 & '70 B. The OD switch and wiring are already in the car & main wiring harness. Look for a yellow wire that exits the main bundle just forward of the firewall on the left; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00123.html (9,099 bytes)
4. Re: Overdrive swap (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>; Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2001 22:55:52 -0700; Proper MG sells the borg clutch kit for ~$100. You might be able to get it even cheaper some where else too... It is worth the effort now to save it later. I have a few pictures online that I took wh; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00126.html (9,146 bytes)
5. RE:Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: "Jack Feldman" <qualitas@millenicom.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:29:46 -0500; No one seems to have mentioned that it is a great help to wire an indicator light to let you know when the overdrive is engaged. I find it easy to hit the switch when reaching behind it. The light le; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00159.html (7,999 bytes)
6. RE:Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>; Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 10:45:20 -0600 (MDT); So did you wire it to tell you when the overdrive is really engaged, or just when the switch is flipped. I have some converns about my solenoid being defective and would like to monitor it closely...; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00161.html (8,361 bytes)
7. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 10:10:38 -0700; Good point. At least, that's what I did, too. Although, I admit, mainly to fill up an extra hole in the dash (a DPO bodge?). I used the ignition warning lamp from a '69 B -- it had the correct vintag; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00162.html (8,863 bytes)
8. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 10:41:00 -0700; Hmmm, I don't know how you could wire it to tell that it is really engaged. You flip the OD switch (assuming you're in 3rd or 4th gear so that the lockout switch is closed) and it sends juice to the; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00163.html (10,202 bytes)
9. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: "British Sportscar Center" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 11:38:23 -0700; Curiosity requires that I ask this, Jack...........what kind of muffler do you have that is so efficient you cannot hear a drop or rise of 400-rpm when you accidentally knock it into or out of overdr; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00169.html (8,924 bytes)
10. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 12:40:59 -0700; I don't think that's the real issue, Lawrie (although Jack does mention watching revs)-- it's when you leave the switch in the OD-on position when you downshift out of 4th, and are tootling around in; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00171.html (9,968 bytes)
11. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: "R. O. Lindsay" <rolindsay@dgrc.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 15:47:00 -0500; Wouldn't it be nice to have a 10 second, or so, timer that would flash a light telling you that the OD was GOING to engage then go solid once it DOES engage; A delayed activation, of sorts. That coul; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00173.html (10,321 bytes)
12. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 15:57:51 -0700; Hi Jack, Shux, I can hear the difference in the engine sound. Agrees. One of these days I'm gonna see about installing cruise in my B. Cheers, CR /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// (If they; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00176.html (8,786 bytes)
13. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 16:00:36 -0700; Hi Andrew, What makes you think the solenoid might be defective? Maybe I can help, BTDT. Cheers, CR /// /// mgs@autox.team.net mailing list /// (If they are dupes, this trailer may also catch them.); /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00177.html (8,751 bytes)
14. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: Charley & Peggy Robinson <ccrobins@ktc.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 16:08:49 -0700; Hi Rick, Don't think I'd like to roll along for 10 seconds waiting for the OD to engage. One of the best things about it is that when you hit the switch, it shifts. Cheers, CR /// /// mgs@autox.team.; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00178.html (8,499 bytes)
15. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: JERTIGGER2@cs.com; Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 17:44:40 EDT; I did this with a Plymouth wagon I had many years ago, I used a vacuum switch, break on rise of pressure, used an air diode (check valve) and a .005" pneumatic restrictor in parallel with it. The che; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00179.html (9,508 bytes)
16. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: "Andrew B. Lundgren" <lundgren@byu.net>; Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 16:05:16 -0600 (MDT); I haven't noticed it this year, but I haven't been able to drive much, my windshield is off right now, but last year, when it was hot out and when the car was hot, the OD would not engage. I let off; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00180.html (9,451 bytes)
17. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2001 16:10:39 -0700; Did it EVER work in the current vehicle? If not, it could still be an electrical problem. I don't think the oil would have anything to do with it (since I use 30wt), or the temperature (mine works ho; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00182.html (10,029 bytes)
18. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: "JustBrits" <justbrits@home.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:10:33 -0500; <<Then again, there's the principle of Occum's Razor that says, paraphrasing, that "...the simplest solution is the most likely (and probably best) solution.">> er, kinda like KISS, Rick??? LMAO! Ed; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00185.html (8,611 bytes)
19. Re: Overdrive swap (score: 1): Author: "Bill Mills" <williem@mindspring.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 20:36:47 -0400; I seem to recall that the hot wire for the overdrive is not fused. One of the pieces of advice that I was given when I put my overdrive in was to put an in-line fuse in the wire that feeds the overdr; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00186.html (8,778 bytes)
20. Re: Overdrive Swap (score: 1): Author: "Jack Feldman" <qualitas@millenicom.com>; Date: Tue, 5 Jun 2001 19:41:00 -0500; At 70 MPH I can't hear much other than wind noise. I have two 4" speakers mounted behind my seat so I can listen to tapes. Between the two I can't hear the exhaust or the motor. when /// /// mgs@aut; /html/mgs/2001-06/msg00187.html (9,866 bytes)

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