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brucepick · 05-09-2015, 10:34 AM

rustygirl just keeps progressing!

Electric overdrive? I think that might be the same one that Volvo used on their rear drive "red block" 2.3 liter 4 cyl engines. Their 240, 740 and 940 series cars. I drove them for many years, and wrenched them too.

Standards and auto's had the OD units. A solenoid on the side of the OD unit put it into action. Note: the solenoid takes a good amount of current. If you're conserving electrical, find out how much it draws. Or maybe activate/deactivate it with a cable instead, if you're into hacking into it. I have no idea how feasible that is.

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brucepick OCD Master EcoModder Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Eastern CT, USA Posts: 1,936 Outasight - '00 Honda Insight Team Honda Gen-1 Insights 90 day: 54.18 mpg (US) Thanks: 431 Thanked 396 Times in 264 Posts	rustygirl just keeps progressing! Electric overdrive? I think that might be the same one that Volvo used on their rear drive "red block" 2.3 liter 4 cyl engines. Their 240, 740 and 940 series cars. I drove them for many years, and wrenched them too. Standards and auto's had the OD units. A solenoid on the side of the OD unit put it into action. Note: the solenoid takes a good amount of current. If you're conserving electrical, find out how much it draws. Or maybe activate/deactivate it with a cable instead, if you're into hacking into it. I have no idea how feasible that is. __________________ Coast long and prosper. Driving '00 Honda Insight, acquired Feb 2016.