cwilliams

I havnt long owned the car, when i first got it the overdrive did absolutely nothing - the only thing it did do was click as the gearlever pased through neutral with the switch in the 'on' position. Now, after changing the oil and cleaning out all of the filters ( they were in a prety bad state.)  it will engage, but to get it to do this you have to prety much let your foot right off the throttle but as soon as you return the pressure to the accelerator it seemes to 'slip' back into the lower gear? The last thing we did was remove the oil again, and on doing so we noticed the 'filings'? Thanks Ceri

On further inspection, when we drained the oil out of the overdrive, there were some black filings, not metal - presumably from the clutch part of the overdrive? Has anyone else experienced this? A quick look on the internet has proven that if the clutch is at fault then it is going to be a costly repair? What other options do i have? Thanks Ceri

Thanks for your help, I havnt had time to look at it the last few days, hopfully tomorrow ill be able to. Im just hoping its not going to be too much hasle! Thanks, Ceri

No, I havnt, I just found a site explaining how to do this, so will try tomorrow night, could this be the problem? Thanks for your reply.

HI all, I have a 2 Litre - Mark 2 Vitesse with overdrive. I am having trouble with it. The problem is that the overdrive will 'engage' but as soon as you touch the throttle it seemes to slip back out, this happens the same in both gears. To get it to engage you have to pretty much take your foot right off the accelerator. Obviously this is not right? I have looked in the book and followed the instructions as to how to adjust it and it is set right, and also have drained the oil and cleaned out the gause/filter. Any ideas? Thanks