Eddie Sheffield wrote:
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> This looks like a good place to ask a question I've had for a while.
> I've got a 1967 1275 Midget. It has no backup lamps. I think they were
> standard equipment in 1968. It's not original, but I would like to add
> them. Looking in the catalogs it looks like the switch threads in a hole
> that is currently occupied by a ball, a spring, and a plug holding it
> all in place right behind the gearshift. Can I simply replace the
> ball/spring/plug thing with the switch, or is there some other
> significant difference between the transmissions?
Nope. If you got the correct transmission in your car, the 'thingy' your
describing acts as the tensioner that keeps the shifter from rattling
from vibration. You would have to aquire the remote control casting from
a later transmission (not real hard) that has all the correct thread
holes. Then it would be fairly easy to retro-fit the reverse light.
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Bob Allen, Kansas City, '69CGT, '75TR6, '61Elva(?)
"A man of genuis makes no mistakes. His errors are volitional
and are the portals of discovery" -- James Joyce in "Ulysses"
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