Overdrive identification

[peterg1001]

Can anyone identify the overdrive fitted here, purely from inspection of the knob?

It has On<->Overdrive<->Off written on the top of the knob.

Thanks, Peter

[isuzurover]

Crawl underneath and take a pic of the overdrive unit. They are very easy to ID from the casing.

[andy_d110]

Sounds like it is a Toro overdrive. I have one in the shed, looks similar in appearance to a fairey unit.

[isuzurover]

Sounds like it is a Toro overdrive. I have one in the shed, looks similar in appearance to a fairey unit.

That selector looks nothing like the one my Toro had.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

That selector looks nothing like the one my Toro had.

But it looks exceptionally like the knob of the Fairey overdrives.

[isuzurover]

But it looks exceptionally like the knob of the Fairey overdrives.

However there is no way of knowing if someone has been mixing and matching selectors or ODs.

[101RRS]

Sounds like it is a Toro overdrive. I have one in the shed, looks similar in appearance to a fairey unit.

I was going to ask how did you arrive at that conclusion but others have beaten me too it.

[Lotz-A-Landies]

However there is no way of knowing if someone has been mixing and matching selectors or ODs.

Ben

Can't agree more - but I did suggest that the "knob" appears exceptionally ...

[peterg1001]

So here's some pics of the beast . . .

Peter

[NiteMare]

the only thing i can tell for sure is that my Fairey O/D has a proper hex head drain plug, whereas that one looks to have a tapered plug

it'll probably be best if you lift the centre seatbox cover out and look in there to see if there's any writing cast in (name), if there's not then you are left with removing the O/D and looking at the clutch sleeve splines

Fairey splines are quite fine and fragile looking and are still obtainable (although expensive), Toro clutch sleeve has quite chunky teeth and parts are VERY difficult to find