You need to have a look at the wiring on this again. It's important that
the OD unit is wired properly. If it is not disengaging in reverse, it
will screw up the OD unit. Sounds to me like the back up lights are
wired into the OD circuit though. I'm trying to remember... Don't
Alpines with both OD and backup lights have two lockout switches? One
for the OD unit on one side and one for the back up lights on the other?
I think this might be your problem. Think about it... if the OD unit and
back up lights are sharing the same switch, the lights would shine
whenever the OD unit was activated. I seen to recall Alpines with both
OD and backup lights haveing two of these switches. It's not a
combination you see everyday and actually pretty uncommon. Was this car
factory equipped with both, or have you or a previous owner added one or
the other? Can anyone else shed some light on this? I have early cars
with OD, but none have back up lights. I can't find anything the the
workshop manual that clearly answers the question either. - Ian
Karl Gilchrist wrote:
>
> I have a problem with my Series V Alpine Reversing lights. Instead of
> coming on only in reverse like they used to, they now come on in
> reverse but also in 3rd and Top They are are off in 1st and 2nd.
> Recently my mechanic had the gearbox out of the car to fix an overdrive
> leak and we took the opportunity to change the bell housing to the
> correct one for the car. Nothing else was done at all other than
> refilling the box with oil.
>
> Today I just assumed that he had wired the gearbox reverse light switch
> incorrectly . The overdrive still works fine disengaging with changing
> gear into 2nd etc. However changing the wires around and even replacing
> the gearbox switch doesn't help - still the same problem. What's
> happening and how do I fix it??
>
> All advice gratefully received
>
> Thanks
>
> Karl
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Ian Spencer <www.sunbeamalpine.org>
'61 Series II Alpine B9104704 LRX
'61 Harrington Alpine B9104782 OD HRO
'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9115930 OD LRX
'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9116754 OD LRX
'62 Harrington Le Mans BH9117497 OD LRX
'64 Series IV Automatic B9401426 BW LRX
'67 Series V Alpine B395016967 LRX
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