[Healeys] Munched overdrive

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In a message dated 9/18/10 5:19:23 PM, healeys-request at autox.team.net
writes:


>
> I drove my BT7 to a Healey event this weekend.  When I backed the car out
> of
> its parking space I heard a loud CLUNK!  On the way home, I couldn't
> operate
> the overdrive from the dash switch.  When I got home I pulled the car a
> bit
> too far into the garage and, after shutting off the engine, I tried to
> push
> the car back.  It wouldn't budge.  So I started it and backed it up under
> power.  CLUNK!  Have I munched my overdrive?
>
> Bill Wilkman
> BT7.
>
I hate to be the bearer of really, really bad tidings, but...
>From personal experience, you have definitely lunched your overdrive.
Somehow, you managed to have the car still in overdrive   and it didn't have
time
to drop out of overdrive when you placed it in reverse and released the
clutch. I'm afraid your winter will consist of pulling the engine and
overdrive, and finding a replacement overdrive or someone who has a set of
planetary
overdrive gears, because when you open your overdrive, you're going to find
a major handful of metal shards where a gearset used to be.

Gary