Thanks to everyone who has offered wisdom, advice, help, etc. regarding my "Munched Overdrive" post. I am going to try the hammer tap suggestion and I do plan to drain the O/D to see what comes out.
The mechanic was wrong. If the engine is shut down there is no pressure to keep the O/D "engaged" for long, it bleeds off pretty rapidly. It's also necessary to have the solenoid powered to keep the
Totally agree, You should have seen my laygear when I bought my car. No small gear hardly at all. And it would jump big time if you tried to put it in reverse or first. Many of the used tranys that I
OK I am lost here. How does a torn up laygear indicate a design flaw in the Rick Sent from my iPhone small gear hardly at all. of the used tranys that I to OD. engaged Healey the such http://autox.te
There really isn't a design flaw here. The system will disengage the overdrive electrically before shifting into reverse via the 3rd/4th switch. And as already pointed out, the pressure dissipates af
Exactly right Charlie!!! The key is to realise that if your car won't drive backwards, (and you can't even push/roll it backwards in neutral) then your Healey is stuck in overdrive. If it happens, th
As stated previously, the mechanic is wrong. A properly set up overdrive will drop out of overdrive (even if the OD switch is left on) when first, second or reverse gear is selected & will also drop
After reading all the posts and reflecting back to what the garage owner actually said, I realize I was a bit off. My recollection now is that he was referring to the fact that the mechanic who did t
Gary, Good clear answer - hope you are right. Makes sense that this should be the tech case otherwise recalls would have killed AH et al. Robert N. Blair Yellow 65BJ8 RNBmail@yahoo.com http://autox.t