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Overdrive or not? 

Posted By : Alex Rowell, 06-Jun-2003, 03:25pm

I have 1977 1500 non-overdrive. Spitty is used fairly regularly and would be even more if it wasn't quite as "stressed" driving on the motorways. By that I mean that the poor old thing certainly sounds like it is straining a bit at 70mph.

What difference would putting an overdrive in make? Right now it sits at about 4500 rpm at 70mph.

What are the costs i'd be looking at? Not being terribly mechanically inclined i'd be looking for someone to do it for me.

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