[Healeys] OD Kickout Relay

[Wilko2]

Sounds to me like the switch on the firewall is out of adjustment. It's an easy fix.

Rick

On Feb 4, 2016, at 4:47 PM, Per Schoerner wrote:

> Charlie
> What you have is one relay and one switch. Standing in front of the car the right box is the relay and the left box is the switch. The purpose of the switch is to keep the relay energised until you accelerate a bit, then it should brake the circuit. That is when you have switched the overdrive dash switch off of course.
> Perhaps your switch is faulty, or just misadjusted. Disconnect the cables from it and test it with an ohm meter. When correctly adjusted it should brake the circuit when the accelerator pedal is pushed 20% IIRC.
> 
> Per
> 
> Den 2016-02-05 kl. 00:41, skrev Charlie Schott:
>> A club member and I have a BN7 and a BT7, respectively, that have the OD
>> kickout relay wired according to the wiring diagram in the AH service
>> manual. However, it does not kick out the OD when the accelerator pedal
>> is put to the floor, although we've confirmed that the relay is okay. My
>> thinking is that the relay should be wired in series, whereas the
>> diagram doesn't show that it is. What am I missing here? Thanks.
>> 
>> Regards,
>> 
>> Charlie Schott
>> Panama City Beach
>> 
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