[Healeys] O/D Problems

Greg Lemon glemon at neb.rr.com
Sat Oct 27 10:06:33 MDT 2007


Thanks Bob and John, just what I needed, off I go to get greasy, Greg

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Haskell" <rchaskell at earthlink.net>
To: "Greg Lemon" <glemon at neb.rr.com>
Cc: <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, October 27, 2007 10:38 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] O/D Problems


> Greg,
>
> It's the ball bearing / plunger / spring at the OD hydraulic pump.  See 
> the picture at the start of Part 2 - 
> http://www.team.net/www/healey/tech/big_hly/od/delborder_od.html
>
> Have you hooked up a pressure gauge to the OD yet?
>
> Bob
>
> Greg Lemon wrote:
>
>>
>> Anyway I read a good article about the hydraulic part of the O/D that 
>> talks about weak non return valve springs being a likely  fix for low 
>> pressure. However neither the article 
>> http://www.ntahc.org/techtips/OVERDRIVE1.html nor my factory workshop 
>> manual identifies this part.  Can anybody help point this part out and 
>> can it be removed, service, withought completely dismanteling the O/D? 
>> That and any other thoughts on the problem are welcome, still hoping it 
>> is electrical, but that hope is dwindling as I test and diagnose.
>>
>> Greg Lemon
>> 54 BN1


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