[Healeys] Overdrive problem

[David Nock]

The operating rod that lifts the actuating check ball has a very  
small bleed hole about 1/3 down the rod if this hole is plugged it  
will be slow at disengaging.




David Nock
British Car Specialists
Stockton Ca 95205
209-948-8767

www.britishcarspecialists.com
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On Sep 18, 2007, at 7:52 AM, <sbyers at ec.rr.com> wrote:

> The overdrive is failing to disengage SOMETIMES when I turn it off,  
> although when stuck it will disengage itself after some delay  
> (minutes, hours, or days) after I switch off the engine.    
> Overdrive engagement is normal and immediate whenever I turn on the  
> dash switch in 3rd or 4th gear.  The complete history of this  
> intermittent problem is too long to relate here, but when it occurs  
> the car cannot be pushed backwards in neutral, and it will  
> eventually clear itself.  With the Lempert diff and stuck in  
> overdrive, the car becomes very sluggish to move away from a stop  
> in first gear.