Re: switch on back of 5spd trans

["Ken Keith" <auditude@impulsedata.net>]

quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk (Phil Payne) wrote:
> 
> Sachelle Babbar writes:
> 
> > What is the switch on the back of my fwd's five speed? Two terminal, looks
> > like the thermotime switches or the two terminal temp switches. Like the
> > one for our turbo cooling pump and fan.
> 
> Some five-speed boxes have a switch that disables the "change up"
> indicator if you're in fifth gear.

This is getting me thinking.  Is this switch, the "disable upshift" 
switch, the same type/design/style of switch that is used to 
actuate the reverse lights?

On my old '86 CGT, the reverse lights didn't work, and I replaced 
the big pin switch at the rear of the tranny with a reverse switch, 
but it had no effect.

Maybe I replaced my "disable upshift" switch with a brand new 
reverse switch, having no effect on my no reverse light problem?

Ken