Marcos Maniacs

Dan,

Where is the overdrive switch now? On my car, it's a DASH rocker 
switch. Others I have seen have a little switch on the gearlever. 
I've always fancied fitting a Triumph gearknob mounted switch (as 
seen on the Dolomite Sprint saloon), which would seem a simple enough 
solution if you have the gear lever out and can drill it for the 
wiring.

At the moment, I'm toying with the idea of a 5 speed box and shelving 
my horrible 4 speed and overdrive. It seems the Sierra box should fit 
with little or no trouble, providing I can source a suitable 
bellhousing.

Cheers,

Mark

--- In MarcosManiacs@y..., Dan Orie <dorie@s...> wrote:
> 
> The overdrive switch location seems a tad strange and an 
afterthought. I
> wonder if the essex equipped Fords, TVR's etc. had the switch there 
also?
> What I am planning is to use the same setup on the steering column 
behind
> the headlight lever switch that the Triumphs used - which is 
basically a
> long additional lever behind the headlight switch that would engage 
the
> overdrive.  Since the Marcos used the exact same headlight and 
blinker
> stalks anyway, I'm not sure why they just didn't add the overdrive 
stalk
> there instead. In my opinion, it's a bit easier in the fact that 
you don't
> really have to take your hand off the wheel to engage it, and it 
seems more
> elegant. The only possible reason so far that I see why this 
wouldn't work
> is that the overdrive stalk could possible obstruct a portion of 
the vision
> of the tach or speedo - which it doesn't on the Triumphs. 
> Dano in Daytona