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porksboy Dork
5/17/10 9:19 p.m.

My first post on here since the change over

I have a complete J type overdrive setup for my 1500 Spitfire. It came out at 60k miles because it would jump out of 4th gear. The OD worked fine. The bad is it sat in my dads shop for 20 years.

I have rebuilt these gear boxes before and intend to rebuild this one but am unsure if I should go thru the OD since it sat for 20 years. I pulled the filters and they looked clean and not clogged. I'm thinking just reseal the filter cover, rebuild the gearbox and give it a try.

(edited for OD type)

Any thoughts?

VClassics Reader
5/18/10 10:25 a.m.

I'd just give it a try and see what it does. If it won't engage, the solenoid is probably gummed up. The nose comes apart by removing a small circlip, so you can clean it.