OK----After talking to him, I got the real scoop---------he says that after
he is in OD, in which he likes to leave it, and after slowing down and
then depressing the accelerator rapidly it should kick out of OD for more
rapid acceleration--but his isn't doing that. In theory, he feels his will
stay in OD down to a pretty slow speed but should kick out of OD when he
steps on the accelerator hard even when the dash switch is left in OD.
I never do mine this way. When I start to slow down to a pretty slow pace
I just used the dash switch to take it out and engage it when I have
reached a good speed.
Does he REALL:Y have a problem now that we knoiw what he thinks the problem
is?
> [Original Message]
> From: Tom Felts <tomfelts@earthlink.net>
> To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Date: 8/24/2006 5:24:41 PM
> Subject: OD Concern
>
> A friend of mine, who is not on the list, is having OD problems on his
BJ8.
> Once ingaged, it will not disingage when the switch is switched to
> normal---it has a mind of its' own and kicks out when it wants to.
>
> He took it to a local garage that does lots of work on Healeys, Jags, etc
> and they began to do an analysis. They focused on electrics. Finally
they
> said the throttle switch wasn't working properly. So, they pulled it and
> cleaned the points in it. Then "electrically" it was working as
> advertised. But--driving it home, it was operating the same as before.
>
> When the car was at this garage earlier, they added a 90 wt ND oil to the
> tranny. I have always used a 30 or 40 wt ND and mine works fine.
>
> My guess is that his problem may be caused by the oil thickness or some
> debris in the valve pressure opening--or a combo of both.
>
> I've checked the archives and can't find a close answer there. Anyone
want
> to hazard a quess on what is happening?
>
> BTW, I think the OD will work (in and out) even if the throttle switch is
> disconnected--it just wont work as advertised---but will operate directly
> from the dash switch. Am I off base?
>
> TIA
> tom
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