re:
"On that 100/6, if revs dropped too low, it would switch out of OD and into the
straight gear, like an automatic"
That's not what the O/D throttle ("kickdown") switch is supposed to do. Sounds
like that car had a marginal/weak oil pump in the O/D.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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-------------- Original message ----------------------
>
> The OD throttle switch gets my vote, too. My first car, a '59 100/6 bought
> c. 1969, had OD with the switch. It didn't work when I first got it. I didn't
> even know about it. But one day, mucking around with the transmission
> cover off, I found a loose wire? Cleaned a connection? I forget, but the
> point is, it made the switch work. When properly working, the switch
> changes the behavior of the car as well as how you drive it. On that
> 100/6, if revs dropped too low, it would switch out of OD and into the
> straight gear, like an automatic. It was a nice feature.
>
> --
> Kent McLean
> '59 100 BN2
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