[Healeys] Overdrive accumulator housing

[john harper]

One method I used was to select a length of threaded rod with nuts and
washers around a soft rubber grommet slightly undersized for the
accumulator bore. I then tightened the nuts so that the grommet swelled,
filled, and tightened in the bore. In my case, the piston then came out
easily with a steady pull

On Fri, 23 Jun 2023 at 15:29, m.g.sharp--- via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Simon, that’s brilliant.
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> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *Simon
> Lachlan via Healeys
> *Sent:* Friday, June 23, 2023 5:30 AM
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> *From:* Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> *On Behalf Of *John
> Spaur via Healeys
> *Sent:* 23 June 2023 00:19
> *To:* 'healeys' <Healeys at autox.team.net>
> *Subject:* [Healeys] Overdrive accumulator housing
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> I am replacing the accumulator piston and housing. My OD is in the car. I
> am at the point where I need to remove the accumulator housing. Is it
> difficult to pull out? Is there any special tool I need or suggested tool
> to use?
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> I am waiting for Moss to send an additional piston ring that they omitted
> from my parts order.
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> Thank you,
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> John Spaur
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> ’62 BT7
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> Regarding the tool, here’s my rather crude offering. All I can say is that
> it worked and cost nothing. Took minutes to make…once I’d thought it
> through.
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> This is extracted from an article I wrote subsequent to the OD and clutch
> issues I had a while back, which some of you may remember. Seemed to be
> interminable at the time. Anyhow, I’ve spared you the rest of the text!
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> Simon
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> Extracting the accumulator is one of those things that usually requires
> the use of a “Special Tool”, which is unobtainable at any price. Or, one of
> one’s own invention. My accumulator wouldn’t come out and I felt that most
> people’s suggestions were way too complex. In the end I took a short length
> of broom handle and shaved it down until it would just squeeze into the
> accumulator housing. Then I cut it in two longitudinally. Finally, I shaved
> the last 2 or 3 inches quite considerably back on the two inside faces of
> the end that would protrude. Rather like an old-fashioned clothes peg. The
> idea being that squeezing those ends together would force the other ends
> apart. They would thus grab onto the bore and allow one to pull it out. The
> best way to achieve maximum squeeze is with a Jubilee Clip. Insert tapered
> end, tighten Jubilee Clip and pull. It works and it can all be made from
> scrap!
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