[Healeys] Question for Shop Owners / Restorers Only - OD Throttle

[Bob Spidell]

re:
"On that 100/6, if revs dropped too low, it would switch out of OD and into the straight gear, like an automatic"


That's not what the O/D throttle ("kickdown") switch is supposed to do.  Sounds like that car had a marginal/weak oil pump in the O/D.


bs

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Bob Spidell         San Jose, CA        bspidell at comcast.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000             '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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 -------------- Original message ----------------------

> 
> The OD throttle switch gets my vote, too.   My first car, a '59 100/6 bought
> c. 1969, had OD with the switch. It didn't work when I first got it.  I didn't
> even know about it.  But one day, mucking around with the transmission
> cover off, I found a loose wire?  Cleaned a connection? I forget, but the
> point is, it made the switch work. When properly working, the switch 
> changes the behavior of the car as well as how you drive it. On that 
> 100/6, if revs dropped too low, it would switch out of OD and into the 
> straight gear, like an automatic.  It was a nice feature.
> 
> --
> Kent McLean
> '59 100 BN2