Marcos Maniacs

Hi guys,

On the subject of overdrive switches and accommodations thereof, when I
installed an overdrive gearbox in my 3 litre Volvo, I modified the Volvo
gearstick by replacing the knob with one from a Volvo 264, which had an
overdrive switch built in. The Volvo 164, which is the source car for the 3
litre Volvo Marcos, used a dash mounted switch, which I thought was
Mickey-Mouse. The modification has worked like a charm for nearly 20 years.

Regards,

Paul Dransfield
3 litre Volvo

-----Original Message-----
From: McCubbin, David [mailto:david.mccubbin@...]
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:38 AM
To: 'MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com'
Subject: RE: [MarcosManiacs] Re: Overdrive switch


Didn't late model MGB's have a shift knob mounted overdrive switch?  I don't
know if it would fit the lever in any of the Marcos line. If it did you
would have part of the problem solved - only need to wire the switch up.

David McCubbin
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> -----Original Message-----
> From:	mark_saxby [SMTP:Mark.Saxby@...]
> Sent:	Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:20 AM
> To:	MarcosManiacs@yahoogroups.com
> Subject:	[MarcosManiacs] Re: Overdrive switch
> 
> 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
> 
> 
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