<div dir="ltr">One method I used was to select a length of threaded rod with nuts and washers around a soft rubber grommet slightly undersized for the accumulator bore. I then tightened the nuts so that the grommet swelled, filled, and tightened in the bore. In my case, the piston then came out easily with a steady pull</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 23 Jun 2023 at 15:29, m.g.sharp--- via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div class="msg4230660307072767222"><div lang="EN-CA" style="overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div class="m_4230660307072767222WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Simon, that’s brilliant. <u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span>Mirek<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Simon Lachlan via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> Friday, June 23, 2023 5:30 AM<br><b>Cc:</b> 'Healeys' <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Overdrive accumulator housing<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0cm 0cm"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>John Spaur via Healeys<br><b>Sent:</b> 23 June 2023 00:19<br><b>To:</b> 'healeys' <<a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] Overdrive accumulator housing<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am replacing the accumulator piston and housing. My OD is in the car. I am at the point where I need to remove the accumulator housing. Is it difficult to pull out? Is there any special tool I need or suggested tool to use?<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am waiting for Moss to send an additional piston ring that they omitted from my parts order.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Thank you,<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">John Spaur<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">’62 BT7<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Regarding the tool, here’s my rather crude offering. All I can say is that it worked and cost nothing. Took minutes to make…once I’d thought it through.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This is extracted from an article I wrote subsequent to the OD and clutch issues I had a while back, which some of you may remember. Seemed to be interminable at the time. Anyhow, I’ve spared you the rest of the text!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Simon<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p><p class="m_4230660307072767222MsoNoSpacing"><u></u><img width="353" height="132" style="width: 3.677in; height: 1.375in;" src="cid:188e8d50a8a5b006a1" align="left" hspace="12"><u></u><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Extracting the accumulator is one of those things that usually requires the use of a “Special Tool”, which is unobtainable at any price. Or, one of one’s own invention. My accumulator wouldn’t come out and I felt that most people’s suggestions were way too complex. In the end I took a short length of broom handle and shaved it down until it would just squeeze into the accumulator housing. Then I cut it in two longitudinally. Finally, I shaved the last 2 or 3 inches quite considerably back on the two inside faces of the end that would protrude. Rather like an old-fashioned clothes peg. The idea being that squeezing those ends together would force the other ends apart. They would thus grab onto the bore and allow one to pull it out. The best way to achieve maximum squeeze is with a Jubilee Clip. Insert tapered end, tighten Jubilee Clip and pull. It works and it can all be made from scrap!<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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