[Healeys] BN2 overdrive driving me nuts

[Alan Seigrist]

Jose -

The solenoid needs to be adjusted to move the lever to a very specific
position.  Have you followed the manual adjustment procedure?

Alan

On 9/4/11, Josi Vicente Vargas <jvvmusme at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 1. mechanichaly it is fine. If I get under the car and pull the lever the
> overdrive engages fine.
>
> 2. Do the cables (white with purple and white with
> green) that go in the throtle switch have an specific order ?
> Which one goes
> on top and which one goes on bottom ?
>
> 3. If I do the test with a lamp as
> described on the manual I get the exact opposite results of the manual...
> when
> the light shoul go off it tuns on and when it should be on it turns off.
>
> 4.
> having the car on stands with the engine off if I engage 4th or 3 th gear,
> when accelarate a little and I turn on the overdrive switch on the
dashboard
> I
> can hear the solenoid engaging and I see the lever moving.
>
> 5. Same as point #
> 4 but with the engine running and the damm overdrive will not work.
>
> 6. the
> solenoid is new, the throtle switch is new, the relay is new.
>
> 7. Is there a
> way to test the overdrive relay ?
>
> All ideas are welcomed including the ones
> like insuring the car and burning it or throwing it down a cliff
>
> Thanks
>
> a
> very dissapointed Jose ....
>
>
>
> Josi Vicente Vargas
> Musmi
>
>
> Tel. (571) 321
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>
>
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>
>
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