Good thought.
However no backup lights on a 67 BGT.
You should be able to use a relay on the backup light circuit to lock
out the OD. It should be easy to figure out where it should hooked in.
Regards,
Dave Ambrose
MSAWDEY@aol.com wrote:
> An idea from the technological attic: years ago, I worked on a 1951 Plymouth
> with overdrive, in the process of which I discovered that the clever Yanks had
> built in a solution to the destruction-through-reverse problem. The backup
> light switch had two sets of contacts: one normally open (for the backup
> lights--closes when you put the trans in reverse), one normally closed (for
> the overdrive--opens when you put it in reverse). The switch itself screwed
> into the transmission and was activated by one of the rails inside, so it
> probably wouldn't be adaptable to anything else, but the idea might be. A
> normally-closed microswitch in the right place ought to do the trick....
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