[Healeys] Munched overdrive

[I Erbs]

Why pull the engine too?  The clutch comes out on its own....

On Sep 18, 2010 5:34 PM, <Editorgary at aol.com> wrote:
> 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
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