[Healeys] o/d relay

[Chris Dimmock]

stuck in overdrive?.
If so - jack the car up & support 
it correctly. Ie so you don't kill yourself.

Get your knockoff hammer, and get underneath.

Hit the steel sandwich plate in the centre area of the alloy overdrive body a few times with your knockoff  hammer. Sharp raps rather than belting - you can't get a big swing anyway, and you don't need one.

Now take it down off the ramps/ jacks/ stands, and go for a drive & see if you can select overdrive now (or more correctly, unselect overdrive) 

The overdrive springs sometimes get stuck - its the springs that release it. The solenoid selects under hydrolic pressure -springs release. 
a Healey locked in overdrive is impossible to push backwards 



> On 26 Apr 2018, at 2:34 pm, healeymanjim <healeymanjim at hansencc.net> wrote:
> 
> my overdrive is always engaged.  i checked the dash switch and it is good.  i am assuming the relay is the problem.  have 
> cleaned it up and sanded the points but no joy.  anything else it might be?
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