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1. Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 17:04:03 -0400; My '78 B has a switched (electric) autodrive; it's been great. The last few trips I've noticed a disconcerting tendency for me to have it in fourth, put it into overdrive, and have it not respond. It; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00133.html (7,827 bytes)
2. Re: Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: "Mike Janacek" <mjanacek@snet.net>; Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 18:26:47 -0400; First the simple. Pop the cap and switch off the gear lever. There's a notch toward the front of the cap you can use to prise it up. Disconnect the wires from the switch (they're a friction fit) and; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00134.html (9,351 bytes)
3. Re: Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: "mgamgb" <mgamgb@ihug.co.nz>; Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 12:49:38 +1200; Another place to look at is the two bullet connectors that connect to the underneath of the gear lever. Movement occurs here as the gear lever is moved about. Ian F notch wires to The but; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00135.html (9,179 bytes)
4. Re: Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Jun 2004 21:00:57 -0400; Actually the switch is glued down 'cause it never stayed on, so I'll get through that first. Hoping for the simple! Thanks; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00136.html (8,669 bytes)
5. Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: james h nazarian jr <jhn3@uakron.edu>; Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2004 01:24:31 -0400 (EDT); FWIW when fixing my dad's 74B the OD would test out fine when the car was on jack stands, but during road tests it displayed the same behavior as yours does. In our case the problem was the 3rd/4th g; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00138.html (7,620 bytes)
6. Re: Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: Max Heim <mvheim@studiolimage.com>; Date: Sun, 06 Jun 2004 14:56:26 -0700; You could check the oil level. It operates hydraulically. What kind of oil is in there, anyway? -- Max Heim '66 MGB GHN3L76149 If you're near Mountain View, CA, it's the primer red one with chrome wi; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00156.html (8,436 bytes)
7. Re: Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: "Mike Janacek" <mjanacek@snet.net>; Date: Mon, 7 Jun 2004 02:03:22 -0400; The OD shares the oil in the gearbox, i.e. no separate fill and drain. 20/50 is what the manual recommends. Mike '79B it kick anything; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00159.html (9,138 bytes)
8. Re: Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: Tab Julius <tab@penworks.com>; Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2004 11:52:47 -0400; No, actually I haven't. That's a good first start. I tend to forget it has its own oil too.; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00162.html (7,630 bytes)
9. Re: Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 10:10:29 +0100; You can check the complete electrical continuity from the comfort of leaning over the right-hand wing. Find where the yellow/red (or similar) of the gearbox harness joins the white/brown of the main; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00184.html (8,914 bytes)
10. Re: Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: "Lawrie Alexander" <Lawrie@britcars.com>; Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 07:20:13 -0700; Just to add a thought to Paul's note...... I once worked on a B which had an overdrive that would not engage. There was power to the gearbox switch and I did a continuity check on the switch and it s; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00186.html (9,999 bytes)
11. Re: Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: Hans Duinhoven <h.duinhoven@planet.nl>; Date: Tue, 08 Jun 2004 20:06:48 +0200; Right so Lawrie, The same counts for fusebox rivet contacts, which start to malfunction. Cheers, Hans was no fusebox on. to you working allow the and have; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00195.html (10,821 bytes)
12. Re: Overdrive flakiness question (score: 1): Author: "Paul Hunt" <paul.hunt1@blueyonder.co.uk>; Date: Wed, 9 Jun 2004 16:15:55 +0100; This reminds me of another poster saying they find a high proportion of reverse light switches faulty when rebuilding gearboxes. In that case they are using an ohmmeter as well, but it shows a high r; /html/mgs/2004-06/msg00229.html (8,450 bytes)

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