Hello MG listers,
Perhaps you can answer a question from a TR6 owner (yes I admit it, I own
one of these old, heavy, separate frame and body beasts). I am not a regular
subscriber to this list but am active on the triumphs list and joined yours
to ask this question (and hopefully receive some info).
For those of you who have the 77-80 B roadsters (and maybe some later GTs as
well?), I believe the O/D switch is incorporated into the shift knob. I am
very interested in this switching mechanism and would like to know how
reliable the "sliding" switch is in long term use.
Are these "sliding" switches known to break down or are they fairly robust
and reliable over the long term (on a well maintained car that is)? Any
there other known problems with this approach -- for example from running
the wires in the shifter shaft? Or the fact the shifter shaft has the "slit"
-- are the shifter shafts still strong enough?
I am contemplating the fitting of this switching mechanism to my TR6 and
would like to get some feedback from those with first hand experience prior
to commencing the work. I know all that needs to be done and have all the
parts but before I make the modification I'd like to poll the MG list for
any words of advice.
Thanks in advance for any info and/or suggestions.
--- Peter Zaborski peterz@merak.com ---
- hoping I have not shot myself in the foot by admitting my ownership of a
Triumph :-)
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