Believe me, mine was out of adjustment on a recent trip and it was a pain. But, lazy as I am, I waited until I returned to mess with it. Now, it is sooooo much better, I can't believe I did not take
G'morning Alan. I do mechanical restoration of Healeys for a few local friends and customers. So for me, the correct answer has always been Owner's Choice. I bought my tricarb early in 1963 and bypas
The main purpose of the throttle switch (besides being fun to use) is that when correctly set it won't allow the overdrive to disengage and shock the entire power train down into the non overdrive ra
I'm doing a XK150 DHC restoration as we speak. It IS equipped with the relay and throttle switch. So your guy is not entirely correct. FWIW frogeye@porterscustom.com Porter Customs Albuquerque, NM U
Also the early MGB thru 67 had a vacuum switch that did the same job. These switches were removed on the cars in the mid to late 60s when Laycock changed the overdrive to the J and LH type unit. As f
I'm with Rich on this one. The throttle switch is there to prevent negative torque on the overdrive unit when the OD is switched off. Negative torque, or, in other words, turning in the wrong direct
I have to agree. If you are having a pissing match, this is pretty good pissing. It just takes a few minutes to fix the switch, even with the Haynes instructions. Wilko-my-Healey-runs-again San Diego
Just as an historical note, I had a 64 BJ8 in 1965 as my daily driver. I only found out recently from the list (and my current 67 BJ8) that there was such a thing as a throttle switch, ie after flipp
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I have driven both, (Volvo 1800S without any OD switch protection) and my BN2. I am fascinated how the switch works. It's a bit like driving a car with manual gearbox where the last 5th gear is auto
I am not a shop owner, but since everybody else has weighed iin I will as well, the short answer for me is I like the throttle switch, but in my opinion you don't need it. It was part of the fun driv
The OD throttle switch gets my vote, too. My first car, a '59 100/6 bought c. 1969, had OD with the switch. It didn't work when I first got it. I didn't even know about it. But one day, mucking aroun
"On that 100/6, if revs dropped too low, it would switch out of OD and into the straight gear, like an automatic" That's not what the O/D throttle ("kickdown") switch is supposed to do. Sounds like
That's too bad. I rather liked it. IIRC, when you brought the revs back up and then let off the gas, the OD would kick back in. -- -- Kent McLean '59 100 BN2 _________________________________________
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
If you don't have the throttle switch it would be best to either: 1. use the clutch each time you disengage o/d, or 2. keep your foot somewhat into the throttle so the revs will be there to meet the
You got it backwards, on or off you should always have your foot on the gas. Depress the clutch if situation does not allow you to be accelerating.. Alan -- Sent from Gmail for mobile | mobile.googl
Alan, why on the gas when going into O/D, I thought it was let up on the gas a little to let the O/D ratio and engine speed match more closely. I have always gotten the smoothest engagement into over
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
Very well said and that goes for the non-Smitty transmission as well. You should learn from Patrick's words and truly enjoy the Healey for the rugged, classic sports car it is. As Dorothy said (Not