I'll try that, actually this afternoon I 've got time for a look. I do
remember that it had one of these washers under it.
AS to driving distances, I( couldn't even be bothered to go to Gaydon, but
then its all a bit different here with lots of traffic congestions and so
on. Admittedly some of you folks are willing to drive a lot further than we
would.
Cheers, Gernot
> ----------
> From: Dave Massey[SMTP:105671.471@compuserve.com]
> Reply To: Dave Massey
> Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 1999 2:56 AM
> To: Gernot Vonhoegen
> Cc: TR List
> Subject: OD again
>
>
> Gernot writes:
> >Folks,
> >after I refitted the electrics as the should have been in the first place
> >the od worked fine. Until yesterday.
> >Half way back home on the motorway od stopped working disengaging itself.
> >Makes me wonder why I bothered rewiring the whole thing when it always
> >worked before. (without the solenoids and so on of course) Guess one of
> the
> >wires must have come off somewhere, time to get the tester out again...
> >
> >Cheers, Gernot
> >BTW, VTR, I don't give a ****, you don't believe I fly over for some
> silly
> >show eh?
>
> Check the switch adjustment. The heighth of the switch determines
> how much it is actuated by the shift rods and if the switch is not screwed
> in far enough it will just barely make and on occasionally switch off
> causing the od to drop out. Thats what happened to me.
>
> The height of the switch is determined by washers under it. You add or
> remove washers to adjust the height. Try removing one and see if that
> clears up the problem. (Might explain why the PO wired around it.)
>
> VTR, Gernot, you are closer to Portland, Maine than some of us over
> here. Herman drove his TR250 from southern California.
>
> Dave Massey
>
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