every healey club should own an od pressure tester. this simple test
eliminates a lot of trial and error and normally pinpoints the problem. the
ntahc has owned one for years purchased from bill bolton before jay entered
the market.
cheers,
jerry wall BN6
rowlett, tx
On Thu, Aug 27, 2009 at 9:51 AM, Jay Holekamp <jholekamp@sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> Before you pull and teardown the O/D, if you want to measure the oil
> pressure
> the hydraulic system is producing, the A/D Type Oil Pressure Gauge Test Set
> I
> sell will be helpful. Detail at:
> http://www.geocities.com/jholekamp/index.html
>
> brgds, Jay
>
> my brother and i
> just took about an 800 trip in his healey up to portland and down the
> oregon
> coast. this was the first long trip since the engine rebuild and
> everything
> worked great except for the o/d. it took a long time to go into o/d and it
> was almost imperceptable sometimes because it took so long to engage.
> going
> up hill and downhill it would slip out or try to disengage. on flatland it
> seemed to do fine. since i am a pessimist and always assume worst case
> scenario, my feeling is that the oil pump or the pistons have deteriorated
> and
> cannot hold it in o/d. before we pull the o/d and tear into it is there
> anything that we are missing, i.e., electricial malfunction or operating
> valve. it worked fine last summer and he did not use it since then. any
> help
> appreciated. hjim
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