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posted by  lucid on  Tue Jun 21 03:04 CST 2005
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"The existing system was unreliable when new,..."

What do you base your opinion on? Keep in mind we only see troubles here. No reports from the thousands of trouble-free Auto OD users.

My personal experience with two 240s and one 940 over a combined total of some 12+ years comes to:

1 failed relay
0 circuit/wiring problems

IMO, that comes pretty close to being reliable. It's also my opinion that you are perpetuating (if not starting) a myth that has little basis in fact. Because your authoritatively phrased opinion will likely be taken as fact by any newbie that sees it. Probably to be repeated as gospel at every opportunity.

The relatively simple AT OD circuit is all but identical to that of the M46+OD (which has the additional 4th gear switch), but I've not heard that one labelled as being "unreliable".
--
Bruce Young
'93 940-NA (current) — 240s (one V8) — 140s — 122s — since '63.






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