Nevin,
  Because a whole pile of people believe something is true (consensus)
doesn't make it so.  Ask the flat-earthers.  
  If you and some other people want to drive a malfunctioning overdrive,
etc, be my guest.  When I first got the one I had in my '70 B it didn't
downshift correctly.  My reaction was to pull it back out of there and
fix the problem.
  Charley Robinson
  '69 B
  Nevin Wrote:
BIG SNIP
> 
> What I don't understand is: If the consensus of listers with decades of
> experience says to do something, who the hell cares what the manual says?
> 
> Nevin
 
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