You should be able to use a relay on the backup light circuit to lock
out the OD. It should be easy to figure out where it should hooked in.
Regards,
Dave Ambrose
MSAWDEY@aol.com wrote:
>
> In a message dated 98-12-20 20:27:04 EST, mgs4dave@warwick.net writes:
>
> << Also, John, the owner said that 50% of the rebuilds he sees are caused
> by driving in reverse with the OD still energized! Once that happens,
> you get a loud BANG and goodbye OD. I'm putting them into my 67BGT and
> the 64B and maybe the A coupe, but I'd like to wire a warning light
> letting me know there is no current going to the OD for sure!
> Any ideas how to do that, group? >>
>
> An idea from the technological attic: years ago, I worked on a 1951 Plymouth
> with overdrive, in the process of which I discovered that the clever Yanks had
> built in a solution to the destruction-through-reverse problem. The backup
> light switch had two sets of contacts: one normally open (for the backup
> lights--closes when you put the trans in reverse), one normally closed (for
> the overdrive--opens when you put it in reverse). The switch itself screwed
> into the transmission and was activated by one of the rails inside, so it
> probably wouldn't be adaptable to anything else, but the idea might be. A
> normally-closed microswitch in the right place ought to do the trick....
|