Charley,
I think you are proving the original lister's point right here! Nowhere in
the manual is the information that you laid out below. Oftentimes, I read
the manual front to back and still don't fully understand. It isn't that I
don't want to follow the manual's instructions, I just don't always
understand the nuances that the manual cannot fully explain. No amount of
reading can replace the accumulated wisdom and knowledge of this group! We
just always have to remember to apply the stated information in a manner
consistent with our own experiences and practices.
Now, if only I had overdrive...
Regards,
Scott
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> From: ccrobins <ccrobins@ktc.com>
> To: miker15@juno.com
> Cc: CIAG6@aol.com; mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: O.D. - to clutch or not to clutch...
> Date: Monday, November 09, 1998 9:54 PM
>
> Hi Mike,
>
> When I got the OD right in my previous MGB (wish I hadn't sold it),
> did much as you did. BUT, it would operate as the manual said it would.
>
> Occasionally, I would run it up to 6500 rpm, flip the OD switch to OD,
> let it go back to 6500, shift and flip it out of OD, rev it to 6500,
> flip it to OD and so on,,,,,kinda fun,,,it was a toy. If I blew it up
> I'd fix it, was my attitude. Parts were a lot easier to come by back
> then and I made good dough. I also would pull a power train, fix the
> prob and stick it back in over the weekend. I had a lot more energy
> back then.
>
> I agree that shifting the OD needs to be done intelligently. I always
> tried to downshift it at a steady state speed, normally. For instance,
> when we were touring the northwest US in the '70 B w/OD, I'd have to
> have been nuts to flog it.
>
> But sometimes I flogged it. The doggoned thing was a toy, as is the
> present B. My attitude was: If I break it, I fix it. Pretty much still
> my attitude except it takes mor time and Ben-Gay. ;^)
>
> CR
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