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<p>I'm working from memory--will check the manual later--but the way
I interpreted the instructions were to adjust the switch with the
throttles a spec distance--prob. the 3/16" as Steve
mentions--opened. For some reason, I thought this should be
achieved by pressing on the accelerator pedal to achieve this
setting which, of course, would pull up any slack in the Rube
Goldberg throttle mechanism. So, I set it this way but felt that
it required too much pedal when disengaging the OD. I just
fiddled with the adjustment to where the OD disengaged with what I
felt was appropriate pedal. Maybe the 3/16" should be measured
without allowing for linkage slack, maybe not; does anyone know
for sure?</p>
<p>Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 9/4/2017 5:33 AM, BJ8Healeys wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">Maybe I just got lucky, but I had to
set the adjustment on the throttle switch recently when the
overdrive began disengaging as soon as the dash switch was
turned off. Being out of beer at the time, I used a test
light connected to the throttle switch and inserted a 3/16"
(5 mm) drill bit between the throttle stop and lever (as
directed by the workshop manual), then adjusted the switch
until the light just went out. That worked perfectly the
first time. I used bad language anyway, just for fun....<img
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans
MS";color:#002060">AHCA Delegate at Large</span><span
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Healeys [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>Earl Kagna<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, September 04, 2017 1:55 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Roland Wilhelmy; Healey List<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Overdrive wiring question<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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the throttle switch correctly is pretty tricky on a
Healey – requires a lot of beer and bad language.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Kagna<br>
Victoria, B.C.<br>
BJ8, BT7 tri-carb<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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