[Healeys] Intermittent OD:the answer

[Eric (Rick) Wilkins]

That would be the case IF there were no reverse cutoff switch. Once  
the gear lever is moved across the gate from 3, 4 to 1, 2, R, the  
switch cuts off power to the overdrive.

Wilko
San Diego


Oh, the Solenoid has two coils. It is possible for it to operate with  
only the "holding" coil working. The "lifting" coil is usually the one  
to fry.

> ...if the OD is engaged and one comes to a stop and then shifts to  
> reverse, the OD
> is still engaged because the accelerator has not been depressed. If  
> then one
> slowly begins to reverse without depressing the accelerator  
> sufficiently, the OD
> would be damaged. That seems to me to be a design flaw.