Don't know which OD you have but there's a switch on mine that prevents
the OD from engaging 1st & 2nd gears. This switch is adjustable as to
the depth that is seats into the housing. Sometimes heat expansion will
cause the switch contacts to open up. You might try turning it in a
half turn or so. It's located on the upper left side of the gearbox. A
quick check is to bypass that part of the wiring harness on the box.
Just run a wire direct to the solenoid. I did this on my '70B so as to
have OD in all 4 forward. Playing around..... Be careful though, this
is also the reverse lockout switch, AIR. ;-)
CR
On 8/30/2010 8:57 PM, Andrew B. Lundgren wrote:
> When my OD gets hot it won't engage, it will actually disengage once
> it gets too hot.
>
> I had the entire OD and transmission gone though before I installed it
> at a local MG specialist that was probably 5 years ago. Since then I
> have put less then a few thousand miles on the car.
>
> I don't want to buy a new solenoid if that can't be the problem... I
> have changed the oil in it a few times hoping that might be it.
>
> Thanks!
>
> --
> Andrew
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