It won't be the overdrive that is keeping you in first. It only acts on the
output of the gear box, after all the gears. It is only supposed to work in 3rd
and 4th as controlled by one of the switches on the transmission. Your problem
sounds more like a selector problem. Check out the shifter linkage by removing
the cover at the shifter. It may be a simple as a broken pin, if your are lucky.
Vic Whitmore
76 Spitfire
Thornhill, Ontario
Flinthoof Ponypal wrote:
>
>
> 1980 Spitfire, with O/D.
>
> The car came with a lot of the wiring disconnected. Got out the wiring
> harness and got it hooked up again. While this car was being worked on,
> also bled the clutch cylinder. Everything should be fine, right?
>
> Now the car is stuck in first gear. While we had things out, we also fixed
> the backup light switch and verified it was working correctly. But it's
> stuck in first gear. We didn't even get a chance to start the car. It
> shifts between two positions, but unfortunately it's still stuck in first.
> Can't find anything binding.
>
> What possibilities are there that the O/D switch somehow got activated
> while we were moving the thing in and out of reverse for testing lights?
> Would this lock up the tranny for shifting? Running the engine doesn't
> make a difference. No neutral, no anything but first.
>
> Suggestions would be most valued. It's not my car, but a friend who just
> got it last week. My 68 Spit is running fine, if a bit rich.
>
> -Vegaman Dan
> -68 Spitui!
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