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=0ADon't think that issue has been resolved. Moss sells the replacement=
=0Aas: =0A=0A=09=09Austin Healey 100, 100-6, 3000=0A=09=09Clutch, Gearbo=
x & Drivetrain=0A=09=09Overdrive BN1 [1]=0A=09=0976=0A=09=09O-RING=0A=09=
=09BN1=0A=0A=09--79 866-690 [2] =0A=0A=09 [3]=0A=0A=09O-RING 89 cents e=
ach-chafe them and replace them. Hank=0A=0A=09 [4]----------------------=
-----------------From: "Michael Salter via=0AHealeys" =0ATo: "Bob Spidel=
l"=0ACc: "healeys@autox.team.net"=0ASent: Sunday April 17 2022 12:04:24P=
M=0ASubject: Re: [Healeys] Overdrive pressure not releasing.=0A=0A Actua=
lly Bob I've never used an "O" ringed accumulator. I spent a=0Alittle ti=
me many years back looking into using "O" rings on the=0Aaccumulator but=
couldn't resolve the issue of the ring being chaffed=0Awhen passing ove=
r the radial drillings in the accumulator body. Does=0Aanyone know how=
that has been solved? =0A M =0A On Sun., Apr. 17, 2022, 2:49 p.m. Bob=
Spidell, wrote:=0A Michael,=0A=0A Sounds like you're implying the O-r=
inged accumulator is superior to=0Athe metal ring (OEM) type? Wish I'd k=
nown about it when I rebuilt my=0AO/D (I bought the DWM 'uprated' accumu=
lator).=0A=0A I'll throw out another, very unlikely, potential cause: th=
e cone=0Aclutch could be stuck together. I've heard of this happening, b=
ut have=0Anever experienced it my self--nor has anyone I know--but it's=
=0Atheoretically possible (esp. if the clutch is excessively worn). Coul=
d=0Athis be the reason the manual is adamant about replacing the 8 stron=
g=0Asprings, of two lengths, that oppose the operating pistons on=0Aover=
haul, regardless if they still seem robust?=0A=0AOn 4/17/2022 9:31 AM, M=
ichael Salter via Healeys wrote:=0A Simon, Based upon your synopsis I=
conclude that the operating valve=0Ais NOT opening when either the sole=
noid lever or the setting lever is=0Abeing moved to the position where t=
he operating valve ball would=0Anormally be lifted off its seat. This co=
nclusion is based upon your=0Adiscovery that the pressure in the accumul=
ator, as indicated on the=0Agauge, does not leak away overnight. There i=
s a small clearance=0Abetween the operating valve push rod and the overd=
rive housing. If the=0Aoperating valve ball was indeed lifted off its se=
at all the oil in the=0Aaccumulator would, over time, leak past the oper=
ating rod thus=0Adischarge the accumulator.=0A This process would indeed=
take some time but would certainly=0Acompletely relieve most, if not al=
l the residual accumulator pressure=0Aovernight. If however the operatin=
g valve ball is still in contact=0Awith its seat (i.e. not being lifted)=
the oil pressure would not reach=0Athe small clearance between the valv=
e push rod and the housing and,=0Aother than past the accumulator rings=
there is nowhere for that=0Apressure to be relieved.=0A I would presume=
that Overdrive Spares installed an accumulator with=0Aan "O" ring rathe=
r than the original cast iron rings. If the original=0Atype accumulator=
piston was still fitted, oil would seep past the cast=0Airon rings to r=
elieve the pressure, albeit very slowly, and again the=0Aaccumulator pre=
ssure would be discharged overnight..=0A The cam on the operating shaft,=
the one which lifts the operating=0Avalve push rod and thus the operati=
ng valve ball, is locked to the=0Ashaft with a small taper pin. I would=
guess that the taper pin has=0Aeither fallen out or sheared.=0A Bad new=
s is that this pin cannot be accessed without removing and=0Adisassembli=
ng the overdrive. =0A M=0A=0A On Sat, Apr 16, 2022 at 1:19 PM Simon Lach=
lan via Healeys wrote:=0A=0A=09My OD is driving me mad and I definitely=
need some inspired advice. A=0Abit of background first. I=E2=80=99ll tr=
y to lay out all the facts in a=0Alogical sequence. (I=E2=80=99m increas=
ingly reluctant to link ODs with=0Alogic!) =0A=0A=09* I=E2=80=99d say th=
at the OD has done +/- 15k miles since a total rebuild=0Aby Overdrive Sp=
ares here in UK.=0A =09* The OD had issues before Christmas (21) and was=
sorted out by OD=0ASpares. The accumulator was uprated and pressure iss=
ues sorted.=0A =09* OD functioned 100% on the few times I=E2=80=99d been=
able to take it out=0Asince then until..=0A =09* One day, the OD stoppe=
d functioning.=0A =09* I checked the electrics. All fine there so I delv=
ed a bit deeper.=0A =09* It had fried its solenoid which I replaced. But=
=E2=80=A6=0A =09* That did not fix the problem so=E2=80=A6=0A =09* I dec=
ided that the operating valve=E2=80=99s adjustment might be off=0Aso..=
=0A =09* I bought a dial gauge and hoped to sort it out precisely rather=
=0Athan by =E2=80=9Cfeel=E2=80=9D, which I lack in this area.=0A =09* Pr=
ior to using the gauge I decided to see if the OD was=0Afunctioning at a=
ll so I raised the car on stands and fitted my=0Apressure gauge.=0A =09*=
I get a reading of 500psi rising a bit when I rev the engine but=0AI=E2=
=80=99d suppose that would drop when the oil warms up.=0A =09* BUT, and=
this is where things go pear-shaped=E2=80=A6moving the little=0Alever o=
n the RHS up and down does not engage/disengage OD. There is no=0Achange=
on the gauge to show OD engaging or disengaging.=0A =09* AND, the gauge=
stays at 500psi even when the engine is off. Moving=0Athe lever 20 time=
s has zero effect. Stayed at 500 overnight!=0A =09* Of course, I checked=
for dirt in the operating valve area. None.=0A =09* Likewise, the tiny=
hole in the =E2=80=9Cvalve =E2=80=93 operating=E2=80=9D (the=0Aspindle=
thing which the ball sits on)=E2=80=A6.that=E2=80=99s clear. And surely=
,=0Athe pressure would diminish overnight if something in that area was=
=0Apartially obstructed?=0A =09* When I remove the pressure valve, there=
=E2=80=99s a small spillage =E2=80=93=0Ano more than you=E2=80=99d expec=
t =E2=80=93 but repeating the pressure gauge=0Aprocess only returns the=
same results.=0A =09* I see in the bible according to Norman Nock that=
=E2=80=9CHolding this=0Alever with your thumb and index finger, you sho=
uld be able to push the=0Alever down lightly about =E2=85=9C=E2=80=9D un=
til you feel a slight spring=0Apressure resistance. The lever should go=
down another =C2=BC=E2=80=9D after=0Aencountering the resistance=E2=80=
=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=9D ie there=E2=80=99s about =E2=85=9D=E2=80=9D=0Amove=
ment up & down in that lever. Well, my lever does move and does=0Alift t=
he ball, but there=E2=80=99s not =E2=85=9D=E2=80=9D movement there. Coul=
d that be=0Athe problem area???=0A =09* Almost finished=E2=80=A6keep rea=
ding!=0A=0A=09So, I=E2=80=99m stumped. Every time I learn something new=
about the OD, it=0Ahas a new trick to baffle me. =0A=0A=09I=E2=80=99ve=
no 100% sure way of telling whether it=E2=80=99s gone into OD and=0Astu=
ck there or whether it=E2=80=99s simply not going into OD at all. =0A=0A=
=09I=E2=80=99ve done a lot of reading through my books and collection of=
=0Aadvice from the various gurus and found reference to ODs being stuck=
=0Abut those seemed to be to do with =E2=80=9Cweak springs=E2=80=9D whic=
h,=0Aparticularly after a long lay-off, wouldn=E2=80=99t disengage. The=
cure for=0Athis being a good smack on the steel plate sandwiched in the=
OD from=0Abelow. Well, that seems to be a stuck mechanism issue whereas=
I=E2=80=99m=0Afacing a hydraulic conundrum. Or am I? =0A=0A=09There is=
what is usually referred to as the =E2=80=9Cpressure relief=0Avalve=E2=
=80=9D adjacent to the accumulator. The name suggested that pressure=0Am=
ight be stuck in that area=E2=80=A6.but surely not overnight? =0A=0A=09A=
ny ideas? I am particularly reluctant to take the gearbox and OD=0Aout.=
You=E2=80=99ll recall the ridiculous business of the defective clutch=
=0Akit? Well, I forget whether we had the box in and out 3 times or 4.=
=0AI=E2=80=99d hoped not to do it again so soon or ever for that matter.=
=0A=0A=09I=E2=80=99m hoping for a miracle of course but some sound advi=
ce would be a=0Agodsend=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6 =0A=0A=09Tha=
nks, =0A=0A=09Simon =0A=0A=09 _______________________________________=
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----------</p>From: "Michael Salter via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net=
><br>To: "Bob Spidell"<br>Cc: "healeys@autox.team.net"<br>Sent: Sunday A=
pril 17 2022 12:04:24PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Overdrive pressure not=
releasing.<br><br>=0A<div>Actually Bob I've never used an "O" rin=
ged=0Aaccumulator. =0A<div>I spent a little time many years back lo=
oking into=0Ausing "O" rings on the accumulator but couldn't resolve the=
issue=0Aof the ring being chaffed when passing over the radial drilling=
s in=0Athe accumulator body. </div>=0A<div>Does anyone know how tha=
t has been solved?</div>=0A<div><br></div>=0A<div>M</div>=0A</div>=0A<br=
><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=0A<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On=
Sun., Apr. 17, 2022, 2:49 p.m.=0ABob Spidell, <<a>bspidell@comcast.n=
et</a>>=0Awrote:<br></div>=0A<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">=0A<=
div>Michael,<br><br>=0ASounds like you're implying the O-ringed accumula=
tor is superior to=0Athe metal ring (OEM) type? Wish I'd known about it=
when I rebuilt=0Amy O/D (I bought the DWM 'uprated' accumulator).<br><b=
r>=0AI'll throw out another, very unlikely, potential cause: the cone=0A=
clutch could be stuck together. I've heard of this happening, but=0Ahave=
never experienced it my self--nor has anyone I know--but it's=0Atheoret=
ically possible (esp. if the clutch is excessively worn).=0ACould this b=
e the reason the manual is adamant about replacing the=0A8 strong spring=
s, of two lengths, that oppose the operating pistons=0Aon overhaul, rega=
rdless if they still seem robust?<br><br><br><div>On 4/17/2022 9:31 AM,=
Michael Salter via Healeys=0Awrote:<br></div>=0A<blockquote>=0A<div dir=
=3D"ltr">=0A<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial, san=
s-serif;font-size:small;">Simon,</div>=0A<div class=3D"gmail_default" st=
yle=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">Based upon your=
=0Asynopsis I conclude that the operating valve is NOT opening when=0Aei=
ther the solenoid lever or the setting lever is being moved to=0Athe pos=
ition where the operating valve ball would normally be=0Alifted off its=
seat.</div>=0A<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,=
sans-serif;font-size:small;">This conclusion is=0Abased upon your disco=
very that the pressure in the accumulator, as=0Aindicated on the gauge,=
does not leak away overnight.</div>=0A<div class=3D"gmail_default" styl=
e=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">There is a small=0A=
clearance between the operating valve push rod and the overdrive=0Ahousi=
ng. If the operating valve ball was indeed lifted off its seat=0Aall the=
oil in the accumulator would, over time, leak past the=0Aoperating rod=
thus discharge the accumulator.<br></div>=0A<div class=3D"gmail_default=
" style=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">This process=
would=0Aindeed take some time but would certainly completely relieve mo=
st,=0Aif not all the residual accumulator pressure overnight.</div>=0A<d=
iv class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-s=
ize:small;">If however the=0Aoperating valve ball is still in contact wi=
th its seat (i.e. not=0Abeing lifted) the oil pressure would not reach t=
he small clearance=0Abetween the valve push rod and the housing and, oth=
er than past the=0Aaccumulator rings there is nowhere for that pressure=
to be=0Arelieved.<br></div>=0A<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon=
t-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">I would presume that=0AOver=
drive Spares installed an accumulator with an "O" ring rather=0Athan the=
original cast iron rings. If the original type accumulator=0Apiston was=
still fitted, oil would seep past the cast iron rings to=0Arelieve the=
pressure, albeit very slowly, and again the accumulator=0Apressure woul=
d be discharged overnight..<br></div>=0A<div class=3D"gmail_default" sty=
le=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">The cam on the=0Ao=
perating shaft, the one which lifts the operating valve push rod=0Aand t=
hus the operating valve ball, is locked to the shaft with a=0Asmall tape=
r pin. I would guess that the taper pin has either fallen=0Aout or shear=
ed.<br></div>=0A<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial,=
sans-serif;font-size:small;">Bad news is that=0Athis pin cannot be acce=
ssed without removing and disassembling the=0Aoverdrive.</div>=0A<div cl=
ass=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:arial, sans-serif;font-size:s=
mall;"><br></div>=0A<div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:ar=
ial, sans-serif;font-size:small;">M<br></div>=0A</div>=0A<br><div class=
=3D"gmail_quote">=0A<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Apr 16=
, 2022 at 1:19 PM=0ASimon Lachlan via Healeys <<a>healeys@autox.team.=
net</a>> wrote:<br></div>=0A<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=
=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px .8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);paddi=
ng-left:1ex;">=0A<div lang=3D"en-gb">=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal">M=
y OD is driving me mad and I definitely need=0Asome inspired advice. A b=
it of background first. I=E2=80=99ll try to lay=0Aout all the facts in a=
logical sequence. (I=E2=80=99m increasingly=0Areluctant to link ODs wit=
h logic!)</p>=0A<ol style=3D"margin-top:0cm;" type=3D"1" start=3D"1"><li=
style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">I=E2=80=99d say that the OD has done +/- 15k=
=0Amiles since a total rebuild by Overdrive Spares here in UK.</li>=0A<l=
i style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">The OD had issues before Christmas (21)=0Aa=
nd was sorted out by OD Spares. The accumulator was uprated and=0Apressu=
re issues sorted.</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">OD functioned 10=
0% on the few times I=E2=80=99d=0Abeen able to take it out since then un=
til..</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">One day, the OD stopped=0Afu=
nctioning.</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">I checked the electrics=
. All fine there=0Aso I delved a bit deeper.</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-=
left:0cm;">It had fried its solenoid which I=0Areplaced. But=E2=80=A6</l=
i>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">That did not fix the problem so=E2=
=80=A6</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">I decided that the operatin=
g valve=E2=80=99s=0Aadjustment might be off so..</li>=0A<li style=3D"mar=
gin-left:0cm;">I bought a dial gauge and hoped to sort=0Ait out precisel=
y rather than by =E2=80=9Cfeel=E2=80=9D, which I lack in this=0Aarea.</l=
i>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">Prior to using the gauge I decided t=
o=0Asee if the OD was functioning at all so I raised the car on stands=
=0Aand fitted my pressure gauge.</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">I=
get a reading of 500psi rising a bit=0Awhen I rev the engine but I=E2=
=80=99d suppose that would drop when the oil=0Awarms up.</li>=0A<li styl=
e=3D"margin-left:0cm;">BUT, and this is where things go=0Apear-shaped=E2=
=80=A6moving the little lever on the RHS up and down does not=0Aengage/d=
isengage OD. There is no change on the gauge to show OD=0Aengaging or di=
sengaging.</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">AND, the gauge stays at=
500psi even=0Awhen the engine is off. Moving the lever 20 times has zer=
o effect.=0AStayed at 500 overnight!</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm=
;">Of course, I checked for dirt in the=0Aoperating valve area. None.</l=
i>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">Likewise, the tiny hole in the =E2=
=80=9Cvalve =E2=80=93=0Aoperating=E2=80=9D (the spindle thing which the=
ball sits on)=E2=80=A6.that=E2=80=99s=0Aclear. And surely, the pressure=
would diminish overnight if=0Asomething in that area was partially obst=
ructed?</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">When I remove the pressure=
valve,=0Athere=E2=80=99s a small spillage =E2=80=93 no more than you=E2=
=80=99d expect =E2=80=93 but=0Arepeating the pressure gauge process only=
returns the same=0Aresults.</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">I see=
in the bible according to Norman=0ANock that =E2=80=9CHolding this leve=
r with your thumb and index finger, you=0Ashould be able to push the lev=
er down lightly about =E2=85=9C=E2=80=9D until you=0Afeel a slight sprin=
g pressure resistance. The lever should go down=0Aanother =C2=BC=E2=80=
=9D after encountering the resistance=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=9D ie ther=
e=E2=80=99s about =E2=85=9D=E2=80=9D=0Amovement up & down in that le=
ver. Well, my lever does move and does=0Alift the ball, but there=E2=80=
=99s not =E2=85=9D=E2=80=9D movement there. Could that be the=0Aproblem=
area???</li>=0A<li style=3D"margin-left:0cm;">Almost finished=E2=80=A6k=
eep reading!</li>=0A</ol><p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left:18p=
t;">So, I=E2=80=99m stumped.=0AEvery time I learn something new about th=
e OD, it has a new trick=0Ato baffle me.</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" st=
yle=3D"margin-left:18pt;">I=E2=80=99ve no 100% sure way=0Aof telling whe=
ther it=E2=80=99s gone into OD and stuck there or=0Awhether it=E2=
=80=99s simply not going into OD at all.</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" st=
yle=3D"margin-left:18pt;">I=E2=80=99ve done a lot of=0Areading through m=
y books and collection of advice from the various=0Agurus and found refe=
rence to ODs being stuck but those seemed to be=0Ato do with =E2=80=9Cwe=
ak springs=E2=80=9D which, particularly after a long lay-off,=0Awouldn=
=E2=80=99t disengage. The cure for this being a good smack on the=0Astee=
l plate sandwiched in the OD from below. Well, that seems to be=0Aa stuc=
k mechanism issue whereas I=E2=80=99m facing a hydraulic conundrum.=0AOr=
am I?</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left:18pt;">There is=
what is=0Ausually referred to as the =E2=80=9Cpressure relief valve=E2=
=80=9D adjacent to the=0Aaccumulator. The name suggested that pressure m=
ight be stuck in=0Athat area=E2=80=A6.but surely not overnight?</p>=0A<p=
class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left:18pt;"> </p>=0A<p class=
=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left:18pt;">Any ideas? I am=0Aparticularl=
y reluctant to take the gearbox and OD out. You=E2=80=99ll=0Arecall the=
ridiculous business of the defective clutch kit? Well, I=0Aforget wheth=
er we had the box in and out 3 times or 4. I=E2=80=99d hoped=0Anot to do=
it again so soon or ever for that matter.</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"=
style=3D"margin-left:18pt;"> </p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=
=3D"margin-left:18pt;">I=E2=80=99m hoping for a=0Amiracle of course but=
some sound advice would be a godsend=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6=E2=80=
=A6</p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left:18pt;"> </p>=
=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left:18pt;">Thanks,</p>=0A<p c=
lass=3D"MsoNormal" style=3D"margin-left:18pt;">Simon</p>=0A<p class=3D"M=
soNormal" style=3D"margin-left:18pt;"> </p>=0A</div>=0A</div>=0A___=
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