They generated a magnificent amount of work for us. I'm not sure where you get that story from!įYI, Laycock in their wisdom made a vast number of the later cars with defective unidirectional clutches made out of a forged material. You can't damage the unidirectional clutch, it's far too strong for that. I replaced the fuse and all was well, although it seems to work properly until a few miles have been covered when it's reluctant to disengage but does so after a minute or two (not ideal).Īs yet I haven't done anything about it but would be grateful of advice as to what the cause might be.Īlso, how does one identify which type of overdrive is fitted? From that point I wasn't able to engage overdrive as (I later found when I got home) the fuse had blown. There were issues with the overdrive on my journey home, in that after about 50 miles overdrive wouldn't disengage when requested and wouldn't do so until I'd stopped to have a look under the bonnet. I suspect that the longest single journey it has done for some time was when I collected it from near Oxford to bring it home to near Cambridge, around 95 miles.
I recently purchased a 1974 Man-O/D Stag which has had both gearbox and overdrive stripped and rebuilt last year, before my ownership.
