I love the wire actuated overdrive.
I did that in my BN6 from about 1995 'til 1997 when I bought a solenoid.
The wire went through my ashtray hole.
Wilko
San Diego
On Jul 17, 2008, at 5:24 PM, Quinn, Patrick wrote:
> G'day
>
> I think I have said this before, but I can imagine all you blokes
> out in
> your cars pussyfooting around when changing in and out of OD.
>
> Properly maintained, the Laycock de Normanville overdrive is a robust
> piece of machinery. The same goes for the complete drivetrain of any
> Austin-Healey, whether it's fitted with an OD or not.
>
> Over the years I have had ODs in many different states of repair and I
> must say it's one of the most endearing aspects of AH ownership.
>
> When the OD electrics in the BN3 were completely stuff I
> straightened a
> wire coat hanger, drilled a small hole in the gearbox tunnel, climbed
> underneath to attach the wire to the lever and afterwards operated the
> OD by hand.
>
> When did I pull the wire? When I was accelerating.
> When did I push the wire for direct drive? When I was accelerating.
>
> When the car was restored and the OD was working as it should.
>
> When did I flick the switch? When I am accelerating.
> When did I flick the switch for direct drive? When I am accelerating.
>
> When I am decelerating I may just blip the throttle slightly to bring
> the revs up. Not unlike what I do when I change out of cruise control
> (best invention since sliced bread) in our modern automatic.
>
> PLEASE stop fartarsing about with your cars and get out and use them
> as
> they were intended. Drive them in all sorts of circumstances and only
> then will you know what they are capable of.
>
> Hoo Roo
>
> Patrick Quinn
> Sydney, Australia
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces+patrick.quinn=det.nsw.edu.au@autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces+patrick.quinn=det.nsw.edu.au@autox.team.net]
> On
> Behalf Of philritten@aol.com
> Sent: Friday, 18 July 2008 12:42 AM
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Question for Shop Owners / Restorers Only - OD
> Throttle
>
> All,
>
> I'm not sure if I understood correctly what the best thing to do is
> for
> those of us (probably only me) that don't have the O/D relay.
>
> Should I
> 1) depress the clutch before flipping the switch (both in and out) as
> though I was going into another gear
> 2) lift off the accelerator before flipping the switch
>
> Thanks,
> Phil
>
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