[Healeys] o/d issues

[Dave Porter]

A pressure test is a good idea, but bear in mind that the laycock unit will
engage at pressure levels well below the recommended value. 
Dave

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-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Ed Woods
Sent: Thursday, August 27, 2009 9:03 AM
To: healeymanjim at hansencc.net; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] o/d issues

I'd start with a pressure test. Here's a link to a guy that sells gauges to 
test overdrives, 'A' types and others. I own several, one for each type of 
overdrive I've rebuilt. NFI and all that.

jholekamp at yahoo.com

Ed Woods

Subject: [Healeys] o/d issues


> my brother and i just took about an 800 trip in his healey up to portland 
> and down the oregon coast.  this was the first long trip since the engine 
> rebuild and everything worked great except for the o/d.  it took a long 
> time to go into o/d and it was almost imperceptable sometimes because it 
> took so long to engage.  going up hill and downhill it would slip out or 
> try to disengage.  on flatland it seemed to do fine.  since i am a 
> pessimist and always assume worst case scenario, my feeling is that the 
> oil pump or the pistons have deteriorated and cannot hold it in o/d. 
> before we pull the o/d and tear into it is there anything that we are 
> missing, i.e., electricial malfunction or operating valve.  it worked fine

> last summer and he did not use it since then.  any help appreciated. 
> hjim
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