Jeff,
Unless you are leaking significant amounts of gearbox oil (and I suspect
you'd have spotted that by now!) I doubt lack of oil is the problem - my O/D
has continued to work fine when I have been long past due a top-up (come to
think of it, it's way overdue now...), so a slight loss should not be the
cause of your problem.
I had a similar problem, and it turned out to be a dodgy home-made O/D
wiring harness made by the PO (who converted Daffy to O/D) which was cutting
out occasionally. Since Mrs. Jones has been so impeccably re-built I doubt
you will have that, but I would still probably start with the wires and
switches as a possible cause. I guess you could confirm this for sure by
rigging up a temporary idiot light with a wire leading to the solonoid,
which will show you if the cutting out coincides with a break in the
electrical supply. I suggest this because intermittent electrical problems
like this never show up when testing in the garage!
I agree with previous posts that the O/D can be slow when the engine is cold
- it can take over 5 seconds to engage on Daffy when I have only just set
off, but once all is warmed up it engages pretty much instantly when I flick
the switch.
Richard & Daffy
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