Hi Ed: If your car is a very early MK7, then it probably does not have
overdrive. So, if not an o/d car, yours would not have the throttle
switch
and two relays under the bonnet, as they are the controls for the o/d
solenoid. There is also a centrifugal switch on the o/d for the MK7.8.9.
Apparently Jaguar felt a need to have the o/d be an automatic application
for
those cars- In other words, once actuated by the switch on the dash, the
o/d
would be in an automatic mode- kicking out when the engine revs were
very
low (on braking) or hard acceleration, but working the majority of the
time.
While I will be installing a transmission and compact o/d from a 420,
I will not worry about those automatic activation bits and pieces, but I
would at least like to know what they look like should I ever encounter
them.
They would be a nice addition to my boxes of odd stuff on my shelves.
I think I will be able to modify my lhd MK9 auto dash cap to work. I
have bits and pieces of old veneer, and I hope I can find something that
will be close enough to what is already on my car.
Regards, Bob McAnelly
In a message dated 3/15/2015 5:42:39 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
enantes@bigpond.com writes:
In reply to a message from Bob sent Fri 13 Mar 2015:
Bob
I shall have to explore in daylight I don’t recall any
switches on the throttle or relays , for a manual car and am
not sure what they would do.
I assume you are looking at a LHD car and of course the RHD
cars will be quite different .
I would suggest for the dash capping , that you get one from a
manual Mk VII , which were common [ in fact the only
transmission at first] and have it stained polished etc to
match the rest of your dash.
The MK VII parts book lists a number of parts in regard to
Clutch and accelerator controls as ‘’ fiited to RH drive cars
only ‘’ and delivered to LHD cars only’’
I would suggest it would be easiest to source these parts from
manual MK VIIs but will need to be LHD.–
Ed Nantes SS
Melbourne, Australia
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