[Healeys] o/d relay

[simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com]

Chris is right.

But “a Healey locked in overdrive is impossible to push backwards” should read as “ a Healey locked in overdrive is very expensive to push backwards”. 

Actually, that raises a question….have you had it in overdrive recently ie when it wouldn’t disengage? If you have and did not have a hugely expensive noise as your OD turned itself into shrapnel, then – just maybe – it isn’t stuck in OD???

Simon

 

 

 

 

 

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Chris Dimmock
Sent: 26 April 2018 13:42
To: healeymanjim <healeymanjim at hansencc.net>
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] o/d relay

 

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 <mailto: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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