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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>My overdrive is still driving me mad……<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So, I’ve got it reassembled and have added the oil. About 3.5 litres was all it required so there must have been a fair bit still inside.<o:p></o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=1 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>The solenoid is still in its box. Am I right in assuming(!)that one can switch the OD on manually with the lever on the RHS??<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=2 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>I ran the engine in 3<sup>rd</sup> for about 2 minutes whilst bringing that lever up, down, wherever. No pressure. How long does it take for the OD to produce pressure after the hydraulics have been reassembled? <o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=3 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>With the pump in place and its two retaining screws tightened up, should one be able to move the pump’s piston up and down against the spring with a rod pushed up through that bottom bolt? (The bolt into which the filter’s bolt screws). Mine wouldn’t move at all. But wouldn’t that depend on the position of the cam??<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><ol style='margin-top:0cm' start=4 type=1><li class=MsoListParagraph style='margin-left:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'>One observation: The piston in the AH Spares accumulator wouldn’t move in/out with pressure from my thumb. The supplier, OD Spares, said that it takes a lot of pressure and oil to get that piston moving. Any thoughts on that??<o:p></o:p></li></ol><p class=MsoListParagraph><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I suspect that I’ve not managed to line the top of the piston up properly. Zero pressure.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I had pressure before this saga all started but it dropped drastically once the engine/gearbox warmed up. Hence the new AH Spares accumulator with bigger bore and new ball bearings and little springs etcetc. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>I don’t believe that I’ve got anything (else!) wrong so I’m wondering about the pump……..<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Simon<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>