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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--> <meta name="application-name" content="gfidisc.frakes-eng.com "> </head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>I had the same problem, stuck in overdrive. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Four of us got on the back bumper and jolted it back and forth, less than a foot. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>(on the advice of a trusted Healey person who helped). It banged pretty hard. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Worked in and out with the regular OD switch for maybe an hour, then happened again. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>The fourth time, I think my friends were getting a little tired of the game. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, I drove it home, with my mini trailer attached, from near Berea KY to Indianapolis. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Always parking where I did not have to back up. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Put in a rebuilt one I had in waiting and don’t have the need for it right now, but would really like to get it ready for another car. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>To chicken to tear it apart. I will try the hammer this evening since it is out, but that is not the final solution. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jim <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, April 26, 2018 11:50 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Chris Dimmock' <austin.healey@gmail.com>; 'healeymanjim' <healeymanjim@hansencc.net><br><b>Cc:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] o/d relay<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>Chris is right. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>But “</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>a Healey locked in overdrive is impossible to push backwards” should read as “ a Healey locked in overdrive is very expensive to push backwards”. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>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??? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>Simon</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b>From:</b> Healeys [<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Chris Dimmock<br><b>Sent:</b> 26 April 2018 13:42<br><b>To:</b> healeymanjim <<a href="mailto:healeymanjim@hansencc.net">healeymanjim@hansencc.net</a>><br><b>Cc:</b> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] o/d relay <o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>stuck in overdrive?.</span> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div id=AppleMailSignature><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>If so - jack the car up & support </span><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>it correctly. Ie so you don't kill yourself.</span><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 20.3px'><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>Get your knockoff hammer, and get underneath.</span><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 20.3px'><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>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.</span><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 20.3px'><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>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) </span><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;min-height: 20.3px'><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>The overdrive springs sometimes get stuck - its the springs that release it. The solenoid selects under hydrolic pressure -springs release. </span><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:17.0pt;font-family:".SFUIText",serif'>a Healey locked in overdrive is impossible to push backwards </span><span style='font-family:".SF UI Text",serif'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On 26 Apr 2018, at 2:34 pm, healeymanjim <<a href="mailto:healeymanjim@hansencc.net">healeymanjim@hansencc.net</a>> wrote: <o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'>my overdrive is always engaged. i checked the dash switch and it is good. i am assuming the relay is the problem. have <br>cleaned it up and sanded the points but no joy. anything else it might be?<br>_______________________________________________<br>Support <a href="http://Team.Net">Team.Net</a> <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><br>Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a><br><br><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br><br>Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/austin.healey@gmail.com">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/austin.healey@gmail.com</a> <o:p></o:p></p></div></blockquote></div><p class="gfidisc.frakes-eng.com" id="gfidisc.frakes-eng.com" style="gfidisc.frakes-eng.com"></p><a id="gfidisc.frakes-eng.com" title="gfidisc.frakes-eng.com" href="gfidisc.frakes-eng.com" class="gfidisc.frakes-eng.com" style="text-decoration: none !important;"></a><gfidisc.frakes-eng.com/><h1 class="gfidisc.frakes-eng.com" style="gfidisc.frakes-eng.com"></h1><p>CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE <br />The information contained in this e-mail is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and it may contain information that is privileged or confidential. 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