MGB How do I tell if my '79 MGB has overdrive?

[cheekygeek]

I realize that this is a really newbie (dumb) question, but the top of my gear-shift knob is missing (where the overdrive switch would be). I don't see any wiring inside that would presumably go to such a switch, so I don't think I have overdrive - but what other method is there for determining if one has overdrive, or not?

 

[kennypinkerton]

If it's a late model car, then you should have a slide-switch on top of the gearshift knob... if it's older, the switch may be on the dash, or on one of the column stalk switches.

 

[cheekygeek]

Thanks for the quick reply, Kenny, but you might want to read more than the subject line before replying. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif Don't know any more now than I did before! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif (And I think a '79 MGB qualifies as a late model.) /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

 

[Kimberly]

Look underneath the car at the transmission.

Here's a picture from the Moss catalog for a standard transmission. https://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=29014

A picture of the overdrive from the moss catalog. https://www.mossmotors.com/Shop/ViewProducts.aspx?PlateIndexID=34771

 

[mgbnew]

Wow nice reply. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif Asking questions and then getting nasty. I think Ken was only trying to help you. Not good. Not good at all. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused.gif

 

[kennypinkerton]

Yeah, and somehow lastnight, I managed to delete the part where I said look under the car. If the transmission tapers to the driveshaft - it's a 4 speed. If it gets fatter at the driveshaft, it has overdrive.

 

[jaybird]

Yeesh, don't be so snotty to Kenny. You may end up in his 'hands' one day and he'll have you looking like Mimi on Drew Carey for all your 'mourners.'
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My '66 has the overdrive switch on the dash, to the left of the steering wheel. My '75 doesn't have OD yet, it's still sitting in the garage for a winter install.

Best way to tell is to belly under the car and take a look at the transmission - the OD lump will be obvious.

 

[jlaird]

Jaybird, welcome. Been a bit.

 

[KLUTZ]

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Sometimes it takes a rude poster to bring her out of her shell. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif

 

[jaybird]

Ya, you know me, introverted and unopinionated.
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Heck Jack, with Binabox done, Emma running perfectly and being busy as heck, I don't have anything to post about.

 

[jlaird]

Sigh, starting blasting and painting tomorrow. A long way to go yet. However, I think everything else is done and now have my hands on all the bits that are not available through the normal sources.

Going to be a long hot summer me thinks.