[Healeys] OD-BJ8----on and on:)

[i erbs]

Yeppers

Ira Erbs
1959 AH 100-6
1967 MGB
Milwaukie, OR

On Thu, Mar 24, 2022, 7:21 PM Alan Bromfield <alan.bromfield at gmail.com>
wrote:

> As Ira says. If stuck in O/D then do NOT reverse. It will destroy the
> sprag clutch on the output shaft.
> The clue is the Big Bang as it lets go.
>
> AlanB
> Bluehealey.com
>
>
> AlanB
>
> On 24 Mar 2022, at 14:51, i erbs via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> wrote:
>
> 
> It's a big problem if stuck in OD.
> You need to verify
>
> Ira Erbs
> 1959 AH 100-6
> 1967 MGB
> Milwaukie, OR
>
> On Thu, Mar 24, 2022, 6:59 AM Tom Felts via Healeys <
> healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>> So continuation of my search for OD problem answers.
>>
>> today I jacked up the rear.  put it in  3rd, rev'ed up pretty
>> good---flipped the OD sw---did not engage-----solenoid moving the arm up
>> and down beautifully.  Removed the solonoid piston---ran it up in
>> 3rd--manually moved the arm into
>> OD position---did not go into OD.
>>
>> So--OD does not engage---by this testing method I'm not sure if it is
>> still IN OD or not-----last time I drove it is WAS in
>> OD all the time---whether I flipped the switch or not.
>>
>> So--------ASSUMING it is in OD all the time regardless of where the
>> switch is--wouldn't that say that it is not a pressure problem??  If not,
>> what could that mean?
>>
>> ASSUMING is was NOT in OD as I was testing it, and wouldn't go into OD,
>> could that mean a pressure problem?
>>
>> With me moving the arm manually and not getting any reaction would that
>> rule out a solenoid arm adjustment as the problem?
>>
>> I'm still leaning toward a pressure problem---caused by----?????
>>
>> Guess next I'll try to do a pressure ck.  Steve---------if you would,
>> please send the equipment.  Thanks
>>
>> Appreciate all comments/advice.
>>
>> Thanks
>> Tom
>> PS---before I had the unit rebuilt, it operated beautifully---and I had
>> Red Line MTL oil in it.  I'm thinking of dumping the 30w ND and adding
>> MTL------wishful thinking probably.
>>
>>
>>
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