[Healeys] Fix for overdrive operating shaft oil leak

[Steven Kingsbury]

Mine leaked also and I was told that rather than using just one o-ring, use two. The seal I took out was quite wide. My overdrive always worked, it just leaked like crazy. And when it was slow to go in to or out of overdrive, I knew I was low on oil. Now I don't leak, but on a trip to Yosemite, my overdrive stopped engaging. I am now in the process of seeing if the two o-rings are stopping the unit from engaging as that's the only difference. I will let you know towards the end of this week if this is the problem. I'm going to open her up again this week and see if I can get it to engage.  Stay tuned.

Steven Kingsbury

BN1 #598


On Jul 25, 2016, at 09:08 AM, Noel and Helen <hstandfa at iinet.net.au> wrote:


Hi listers

has anyone come up with a fix for the ubiquitous oil leak from the O
ring on the right side of the overdrive? I've checked the archives and
Tech Talk and can't find a solution, would it be possible to either
machine out the casing and fit a lip seal (pretty hard to do in-situ
I'd imagine) or can you fit a second O ring behind the operating lever?

any help appreciated
thanks

Noel S
Brisbane, Australia
BN1, BJ8
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