Re: SER1 Fairey overdrive 1952 80 inch

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Hi Paul,

You are in a position to confirm what I suspected the moment I installed 
the Rocky Mountain overdrive on my Minerva -- the gearbox shroud on 
the 80" (not just Minerva's) is much narrower on the lever side than on 
the II/IIA's the overdrive was designed for.  On my Minerva I've cut away 
the offending metal and, when I get a chance, I'll design and fabricate a 
cover for the hole.  Until then, there's a big jagged-edged hole ...

The other problem that we SI-owners weren't told about is that we don't 
really have enough power on tap to increase the road speed much with the 
overdrive.  It does reduce the noise, however.  I did use mine quite a bit 
on the paved bits last summer.

Good luck!

George E Sollish	Chief Engineer		Auto Gear Equipment
 			Project Manager		The Payne Lake Project

On Fri, 24 Feb 2006, paul longstaff wrote:

> Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 13:29:09 +0000 (GMT)
> From: paul longstaff <eightyelectric@xxxxx.xx.xx>
> Reply-To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> To: series1@xxxxxxxxx.xxx
> Subject: SER1 Fairey overdrive 1952 80 inch
> 
> Hi
>  Ok so the levers for my fairey overdrive will not fit as the manual describes. before I re-invent the wheel, am I being silly or do the levers need modifying/ fitting differently on a 1952 80 inch.
>  i am sure that someone has solved this problem before, and its a bit cold out there to be fiddling about all day. (2deg c brrrrrr)
>
>  thanks
>  Paul
>
>
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