Gearbox reverse switch
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Gearbox reverse switch
I am planning on puting a reversing light onto my son's car, something I have already done for my daughter's car. With the first one I fabricated a bracket and mounted a microswitch next to the gearlever. This time I decided to get a remote housing from a midget and use its inbuilt switch. I was offered a remote housing which has the tapped hole at the top near the gearlever hole, facing forward but with no switch, this being the normal place for the reverse switch. I took this and set about getting a proper mg switch, when I noticed that this remote has a switch mounted further forward on the left hand side. This appears to be a reverse switch. Looking at the standard moggie remote there is a bolt mounted in this position which has a spring and plunger inside it. Now the thought was if you can get this switch , you must be able, I guess, to fit this to any Morris with minimal effort. Has anybody else seen these switches and have a part number for them? I will be cleaning it up at the weekend, prior to fitting to the car, so I will see if it has a part number.
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thank you Matt, I do however have a standard 1275 gearbox on my Sprite, several standard Morris gearboxes and this odd ball remote from a midget. I will be investigating this further as, if it works, this would be a quick and easy modification to fit a reverse light switch to a standard Morris box.
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sorry Matt, I don't understand that. If you sit in the drivers seat of my Sprite the reverse switch is screwed in to a tapped hole parallel with the centreline of the car just to the right of the gearstick, near the top of the housing. My Morris gearbox remotes do not have this tapped hole. The midget remote has this hole but it also has a switch fitted forward of the gearlever lower down and screwed in from the passenger side, 90 degrees (anticlockwise) from the sprites switch position. The morris gearbox has its spring and plunger there. I had intended to look at this switch more closely at the weekend, but had to go to Nottingham instead. Might look one evening, but I will be travelling north again later this week. If this is a reverse switch screwed into the side, I was hoping that it would work on a standard Morris, that way everybody could just buy the switch and replace the spring plunger and have automatic reversing lights.
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Its on the left on both my sprite boxes, which makes sense considering where reverse is! I will download the pictures I took this weekend tomorrow....the reverse switch is screwed in to a tapped hole parallel with the centreline of the car just to the right of the gearstick
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ok I have got some piccies sorted .
the green one is a 1098 minor box and the gold one is a 1275 midget box, they have exactly the same plungers etc at the rear (facing towards the back of the car), however, as you can see from the next photos there is an extra hole facing towards the front of the car on the 1275 box. Its my opinion that if you try and put the switch in one of the other holes it definately won't work as a reversing light, but it my come on is 1st or 3rd.
the green one is a 1098 minor box and the gold one is a 1275 midget box, they have exactly the same plungers etc at the rear (facing towards the back of the car), however, as you can see from the next photos there is an extra hole facing towards the front of the car on the 1275 box. Its my opinion that if you try and put the switch in one of the other holes it definately won't work as a reversing light, but it my come on is 1st or 3rd.
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No, it could be used if it triggered when the stick is moved to the far right to engage reverse, not the actual up or down movement of the stick mabey?
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Brilliant pics, Matt. the last picture is exactly what I have on my sprite. a plunger type switch is screwed in there and when you engage reverse a rod is moved upwards to 'make the switch. However the MG remote has this feature and a mystery switch, which I will attempt to discover more about after I return home, in a couple of weeks. its position is shown on your third picture, the green morris one. If you look at the picture you see two nuts, below the gearlever large hole. Just to the right and slightly above of the right hand nut you can just make out a very flat bolt head. this is on the side of the rmote 'tunnel'. Well I have a switch screwed in there. it may not be a reverse switch at all but if it is, this could be a very easy mod for the morris remote. Sorry it is taking so long but watch this space as they say.
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As I had a change of plans last night which left me with an hour to spare and so I have now checked out the odd switch on the gearbox remote. It only works when the gear box is in neutral and is not a reverse switch at all. It is also not possible to add this to a Morris box without cutting a detent into the internal control rod. So now the question is:~ what is it for. I can make use of it by using it as, say, a starter inhibiter, will only start when box is out of gear. or as a anti-theft device, so that the engine cuts out when a gear is engaged. Or similar things, but why was it fitted in the first place, any ideas.
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