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    MGB OVERDRIVE CUTTING IN AND OUT

    May 20, 2022 4 minutes

    Have you got a technical problem with your MG? If so, the combined expertise of Roger Parker and the MGOC Workshop may be able to help. For details of how to access this free service, see p81.

    QHi, My 1978 MGB has overdrive and it is starting to become temperamental in that, when driving along, it can suddenly cut out, then reengages without me touching anything. What is likely to be wrong?

    The overdrive dropping in and out, or just out, is quite a common fault for the 1977 to 1980 model year MGBs that adopted a Triumph design of OD switch mounted on top of the

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