[Healeys] Austin Healey BN2 overdrive issue

[John Vrugtman]

I had a similar issue with an OD that was recently rebuilt, Bruce 
Philips recommended treating it rough until the clutch would release 
normally.  By engaging it at several times at speed and accelerating it 
started releasing properly.

John

On 6/23/2023 1:25 PM, Michael Salter wrote:
> My next step would be to fit a pressure gauge to determine if the 
> problem is due to residual pressure or the clutch sticking (something 
> I have never encountered).
>
>
> On Fri., Jun. 23, 2023, 1:03 p.m. David Wirken via Healeys, 
> <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:
>
>     I have a issue with the overdrive not disengaging and becoming
>     stuck in OD after disengaging, it’s not an electrical  issue and
>     we have to rock the car back and forth until we hear the clutch
>     pop loose and off we go until I engage it again and then try to
>     disengage it , I have pulled the operating valve and cleaned real
>     good the tiny hole in the shaft and have drilled it out one size
>     bigger as directed by a Healey restorer , to no avail.
>     Any helpful hints ?
>
>     DW
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