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RE: Overdrive solenoid

To: "'BJ8Healeys'" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>, "'Healeys'"
Subject: RE: Overdrive solenoid
From: "Simon Lachlan" <simon.lachlan@homecall.co.uk>
Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 00:08:05 +0100
Permanently engaged? Though I slightly doubt it, don't use it in reverse if
you have any suspicion at all that the od is still engaged. 
There's a couple of ods on UK eBay. You might need one if you use reverse
when od's engaged. Been there, done that. That's not a boast; it's a
confession!
Simon 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
Behalf Of BJ8Healeys
Sent: 21 May 2005 17:23
To: Healeys
Subject: Overdrive solenoid

Hello, Healeyphiles!

After many years of faithful service, my overdrive solenoid packed it in
during a recent return to North Carolina from Maryland.  When it failed, it
did so to keep the O/D permanently engaged, which was sorta surprising to
me.
It really melted itself down.  When it burns, it has a peculiar odor, by the
way, which I smelled during cruise on the interstate before I realized I the
problem with the overdrive.

Not wanting to risk replacing this original Lucas unit with some junk from
Taiwan, I thought I would ask on the list for recent experiences:  has
anyone
bought a good or bad one recently, and from whom?  I like to order from Moss
for convenience whenever possible, but this is a part that needs to be a
quality item.

Recommendations?
Thanks,

Steve Byers
HBJ8L/36666
BJ8 Registry
Havelock, NC  USA




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