> Dave asked me to forward this to the list:
>
> As you may remember, sometime in late August, I reported that the
> overdrive on my big Healey was making a strange noise when it was
> engaged. I decided to fix it myself and did, with some help. I
> replaced the two bearings in the front section and one spacer of the
> correct thickness. "The book" says some special tools are required
> and I worried about that but, as I'll tell you, they were minimal.
> I got the BN7 on the road on Saturday. It is good to drive it
> again. The OD shifts more positively than it did before and it is a
> lot quieter.
>
>
> When I started this project I got some great advice from Dave Porter
> at Porter Customs in Albuquerque. He gave me the names of some
> shops he trusted for OD work but the one in Denver didn't meet my
> needs. I don't know how he got involved but his information was
> the impetus that made me decide to do it myself. After careful
> disassembly I discovered that the innards of the OD are not
> particularly complicated for the novice. Other assistance that was
> used was Jim Peterson at T's Sunrise, a restoration shop with
> experience in all British cars. He was referred to me by a member
> of the MG T Register. Of course, I had to pay him for his service.
>
> Jack Newton also helped by lending me an extra transmission shaft to
> align the splines in the OD. This shaft was absolutely necessary as
> the trans and the OD slipped right together after aligning this
> way. I had tried many many times to get the alignment correct
> before using this shaft and I believe it to be impossible without
> this tool. Roger Moment suggested laying the transmission on its
> side as opposed to standing the transmission up and putting the OD
> onto it or, as the manual suggests, standing the OD up and dropping
> the trans onto it. Sideways was much easier and if you have ever
> had the experience with the springs, which want to drop onto the
> floor when the OD is upside down, you understand the issue.
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