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RE: Mysterious Transmission Switch

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Subject: RE: Mysterious Transmission Switch
From: Steve Bettencourt <steveb5815@edgenet.net>
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 14:23:47 -0500
Could the other switch be for the 4th gear distributor vacuum advance valve?


At 07:14 AM 5/22/98 -0600, Larry Hoy <larryhoy@mcione.com> wrote:
>Good news, the one with two switches is an overdrive transmission.
>
>Larry Hoy; Denver, CO. USA
>1969 MGB Roadster 
>1987 Jaguar XJ6 VDP
>"It's not how fast you go, it's how fast you go fast"
>=========================================================
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-mgs@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-mgs@autox.team.net]On
>> Behalf Of Miller, John
>> Sent: Friday, May 22, 1998 7:00 AM
>> To: 'mgs@autox.team.net'
>> Subject: Mysterious Transmission Switch
>> 
>> 
>> Since my B is now legal I've decided to put in the 
>> transmission and clutch
>> that I bought three years ago, but never put in the car 
>> because it couldn't
>> be driven anyway.  When I looked at the transmission that 
>> is going to go
>> into the car I noticed that it has two switches on it, one 
>> on each side of
>> the shifter remote assembly.  I know the one on the right 
>> is the reverse
>> light switch, but I can't figure out what the other is.  
>> The original
>> transmission is still in the car until tomorrow, but I 
>> couldn't feel this
>> other switch on it.  I looked at the Haynes manual and 
>> there is no mention
>> of this switch on the diagram.  Both units are 
>> non-overdrive.  Can anyone
>> tell me what this other switch is?
>>    
>> John Miller
>> 76B
>> 
>
Steve Bettencourt
'79 MGB 
Steve's HotRod World
http://www3.edgenet.net/CruizinRI

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