About a month ago, the overdrive quit on my B. I was just driving down
the Interstate with it engaged, and it kicked out.
Trouble shooting found that the solenoid on the OD had no continuity. A
new one costs $120, so I got an old one off the spare 3 sychro OD
transmission my Dad is hoarding. Then I got depressed. It looked like
you had to do a lot of work to get it on with the transmission still in
the car. Remove the rear cross member, and lower the back end of the
transmission as far as you could, so you can get a little side plate
off.
So I didn't do anything. I was thinking, maybe the clutch will go, so I
have another reason to pull the tranny.
Then I found that the plunger the solenoid acts on just slides out. So,
I unscrewed the old coil, and slid the new one over the plunger and
screwed it back on. Took about 20 minutes. Mind you, there are only two
screws holding it on, but one is hard to get to.
This morning, I engaged it carefully on the interstate, and it kicked
in. I had forgotten how much quieter the car is. I turned the radio off
and listened to the wind noise.
Now maybe I will get 30 mpg again, instead of 24.
James Howard jhoward@argus.lowell.edu
1967 MGB/GT (I think it is actually a 66)
1972 Land Rover Series III 88
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