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<DIV>operate the lever on the right side of the overdrive and you will release
the pressure in the system</DIV>
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Nock<BR>British Car
Specialists<BR>209-948-8767<BR>www.britishcarspecialists.com</DIV>
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<DIV style="font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A title=ahbt71@gmail.com
href="mailto:ahbt71@gmail.com">Mike Tobin</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, August 20, 2019 11:18 AM</DIV>
<DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=austin.healey@gmail.com
href="mailto:austin.healey@gmail.com">Chris Dimmock</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Cc:</B> <A title=healeys@autox.team.net
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</A> </DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [Healeys] OD Problem?</DIV></DIV></DIV>
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<DIV dir=ltr>Hit the OD with a hammer once and the problem went away.
<DIV>Ran up the pressure again and the problem was back. This time it took
a number of pretty good whacks to get it unstuck.</DIV>
<DIV>Pressurized it a third time and now it won't unstick after a lot of good
whacks. I'm reluctant to hit it any harder.</DIV>
<DIV>Unless there are any other ideas, I guess the damn thing comes out and
apart again.</DIV>
<DIV>Cheers,</DIV>
<DIV>Mike</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 8:01 AM Chris Dimmock
<<A href="mailto:austin.healey@gmail.com">austin.healey@gmail.com</A>>
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<DIV>Nah. </DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>Just tap the steel ring
in the overdrive with your knock off hammer to release the springs. </DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>Works every time. For
me anyway. </DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>The springs release the
overdrive, and sometimes, they get just get stuck. </DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>It's a mystery of the
world. </DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>But a few taps on that
steel plate seems to realign the planets. And release those pesky
springs!</DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>Allegedly. </DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>Worked for me. 3 times
in the past 35 years. Mostly when I'd driven the car hard. </DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>But it seems to fix the
issue, when you can't select reverse. </DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>And it's so much easier
on the bench, than on your back, lying under the car! </DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>Best </DIV>
<DIV id=gmail-m_-3178964089480278003AppleMailSignature>Chris. <BR><BR></DIV>
<DIV><BR>On 20 Aug 2019, at 10:20 pm, Michael Salter <<A
href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com"
target=_blank>michaelsalter@gmail.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>Hi Mike,
<DIV>I recently experienced exactly the same problem with newly rebuilt a
BT7 side shift gearbox and overdrive unit when turning it backwards before
adding oil.</DIV>
<DIV>Like you I suspected the Sprague clutch but after considerable
investigation the cause turned out to be the new 2nd gear syncro ring which,
when the box was turned backwards, was winding itself tightly onto the cone
of 2nd gear. </DIV>
<DIV>This is something I've never experienced before but concluded that it
was unlikely to present a problem after the box has be run with new
oil.</DIV>
<DIV>This may not be the cause in your case but certainly it is something
worth considering. </DIV>
<DIV>M</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV class=gmail_attr dir=ltr>On Mon, Aug 19, 2019, 10:54 PM Mike Tobin,
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got oil pressure in the rebuilt OD. With the car in 4th it
shows about 500 psi on a gauge
<DIV>However, I noticed when reattaching the drive shaft that with
the trans in neutral the output won't rotate in the reverse
direction. It rotates easily by hand in the forward
direction. This is true before and after the pressure has been
released. Before getting pressure in the OD it rotated by hand
in both directions. I haven't tried to engage the
OD. It's a hard mechanical stop. I'm afraid the
one-directional clutch be engaged and I don't want to break
anything.</DIV>
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<DIV>I've been a long time gone from this fine place. Life's
taken a lot of twists and turns, but it's good to be getting back to
having to come here for help.</DIV>
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<DIV>Thanks and Cheers</DIV>
<DIV>Mike Tobin</DIV>
<DIV>Townsend,
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