Gord Wedman
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You might look at the Roamer Drive from Global Roamer Corporation. Can be engaged or disengaged in any gear while driving. Not cheap though.
Gord Wedman
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I think I will eventually add one to the 109 my brother and I recently purchased. I have been thinking that driving around in stop and go down traffic with a non-synchro first gear is going to be tiresome. Perhaps one could start out in Low Range 2nd then shift easily to 3rd, 4th and finally 4th overdrive. That should give enough speed for city driving I would think.
jamesmartin
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it does improve top end and dropping down from hi over drive to lo is a better gear change than 4th to 3rd pre corner or other such ,overdrive makes a series transmission much more useable
Gord Wedman
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Good point about judging traffic flow to avoid need for 1st gear. I would like to take the 109 on long highway drives as well and keeping the RPM down would be good.
brianp38dse
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Hello and welcome
good luck with the overdrive.
good luck with the overdrive.
steve2286w
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Welcome, I’ve got the fairy overdrive on mine, and happy with it, a few on bebay at the moment
Thomp63
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Hi all, sorry not been on here but been a strange year - now seem like i am full time into restoration landrover series 3 109 ( my love) and old mowers (only sit on ones no younger than 1979) am now back working on sarge ( my safari) and am now working on creating a wiring loom for our 109 including trailer and auxiliary take-off, with additions, already fitted electronic distributor, and high-density coil, which has improved performance considerably - was a bit of problem-solving to get optimized!. Also added high amp alternator and heavy-duty starter motor ( starts first time even in this weather...)
Also designed and printed a center dash insert with radio and glove box along with rev counter ( which is for when fitting overdrive figure it will be helpful) all in car-line to the speedo etc.
I could buy loom but figured I would end up adding additions plus some of the routes taken by loom are a bit problematic for maintenance, reason saying all this has anyone got advice on material suppliers, as want to keep to original wire specs as much as possible. plus any pointers on the project ts already done.
Also designed and printed a center dash insert with radio and glove box along with rev counter ( which is for when fitting overdrive figure it will be helpful) all in car-line to the speedo etc.
I could buy loom but figured I would end up adding additions plus some of the routes taken by loom are a bit problematic for maintenance, reason saying all this has anyone got advice on material suppliers, as want to keep to original wire specs as much as possible. plus any pointers on the project ts already done.
