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Bob-there is nothing else under the dash on Healeys. There is no=0Aballa=
st resistor which would affect starting. If the starter is bad,=0Ait cre=
ated a direct short to the batteries and by lifting the Positive=0Agroun=
d cable it relived the short. The only other interruption in the=0Aline=
between the batteries and the starter is the shut-off switch,=0Awhich y=
ou eliminated. Hank=0A=0A=09-----------------------------------------Fro=
m: rfbegani@gmail.com=0ATo: "BJ8Healeys"=0ACc: healeys@autox.team.net=0A=
Sent: Thursday March 10 2022 11:34:16AM=0ASubject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 ele=
ctrical problems=0A=0A=09It is not the cutoff switch because I replaced=
it twice over the=0Ayears and gave up with using one. Keep thinking I w=
ould rebuild the=0Aoriginal one that came with the car and never got aro=
und to it. Wonder=0Aif the new BJ8 cut off switches from Moss are any go=
od? =0A=0A=09Must be something else in line under the dash, =0A=0A=09Tha=
nks Steve, =0A=0A=09Bob Begani =0A=0A=09FROM: BJ8Healeys =0ASENT: Thursd=
ay, March 10, 2022 2:15 PM=0ATO: rfbegani@gmail.com=0ASUBJECT: RE: [Heal=
eys] BJ8 electrical problems =0A=0A=09The cutoff switch in the boot sh=
orting out? =0A=0A=09Something similar happened to me when I was 3000 mi=
les from home.=0AFortunately, the first time was temporary and I got hom=
e again before=0Ait happened the next time. =0A=0A=09Steve Byers =0A=0A=
=09BJ8 Registry =0A=0A=09AHCA Delegate at Large =0A=0A=09Havelock, NC US=
A =0A=0A=09FROM: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] ON BEHA=
LF OF=0ABob Begani via Healeys=0ASENT: Thursday, March 10, 2022 1:16 PM=
=0ATO: healeys@autox.team.net=0ASUBJECT: [Healeys] BJ8 electrical proble=
ms =0A=0A=09My high torque starter stopped operating. Determined it is=
the=0Asolenoid, so I will be removing it the starter for a bench test.=
=0AMeanwhile, we discovered an interesting electrical situation. When=0A=
trying to start the car the starter would short out and the electrical=
=0Asystem would completely shut down. In checking the battery connection=
,=0Ait was discovered disconnecting and reconnecting the ground from the=
=0Abattery the electrical system became live. There must be a GFI type o=
f=0Adevice in the wires to and from the ignition switch. I doubt it was=
=0Ainstalled at the factory, maybe by the restorer? What am I looking fo=
r=0Aunder the dash? It is a great idea, however I want to know what is i=
t=0Aand where it is located. =0A=0A=09Bob Begani
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<html><body>Bob-there is nothing else under the dash on Healeys. There i=
s no ballast resistor which would affect starting. If the starter is bad=
, it created a direct short to the batteries and by lifting the Positive=
ground cable it relived the short. The only other interruption in the l=
ine between the batteries and the starter is the shut-off switch, which=
you eliminated. Hank<br><br><div class=3D"reply-new-signature"></div><p=
>-----------------------------------------</p>From: rfbegani@gmail.com<b=
r>To: "BJ8Healeys"<br>Cc: healeys@autox.team.net<br>Sent: Thursday March=
10 2022 11:34:16AM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 electrical problems<br=
><br>=0A<div class=3D"WordSection1">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span styl=
e=3D"font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">It is not the=0Acuto=
ff switch because I replaced it twice over the years and gave=0Aup with=
using one. Keep thinking I would rebuild the original=0Aone that=
came with the car and never got around to it. Wonder=0Aif the new=
BJ8 cut off switches from Moss are any good?</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"M=
soNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">=
</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:16pt=
;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Must be something=0Aelse in line under=
the dash,</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:=
16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"Mso=
Normal"><span style=3D"font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Th=
anks=0ASteve,</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-si=
ze:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"=
MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"=
>Bob=0ABegani</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-si=
ze:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<div>=0A<div=
style=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in 0=
in;">=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> BJ8Healeys=0A<sbyers@ec.r=
r.com><br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 10, 2022 2:15 PM<br><b>To:</b>=
rfbegani@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b> RE: [Healeys] BJ8 electrical prob=
lems</p>=0A</div>=0A</div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=0A<p clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D;">The cutoff switch=0Ain th=
e boot shorting out?</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"=
color:#1F497D;">Something similar=0Ahappened to me when I was 3000 miles=
from home. Fortunately,=0Athe first time was temporary and I got=
home again before it=0Ahappened the next time.</span></p>=0A<p class=3D=
"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D;">Steve=0AByers</span></p>=
=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D;">BJ8=0ARegistry<=
/span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D;">AHCA=
Delegate at=0ALarge</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"=
color:#1F497D;">Havelock, NC =0AUSA</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNor=
mal"><span style=3D"color:#1F497D;"> </span></p>=0A<div>=0A<div sty=
le=3D"border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in 0in;"=
>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:10pt;font-family:=
Tahoma, sans-serif;">From:</span></b>=0A<span style=3D"font-size:10pt;fo=
nt-family:Tahoma, sans-serif;">Healeys=0A[<a>mailto:healeys-bounces@auto=
x.team.net</a>]=0A<b>On Behalf Of</b> Bob Begani via Healeys<br><b>Sent:=
</b> Thursday, March 10, 2022 1:16 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a>healeys@autox.tea=
m.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] BJ8 electrical problems</span></p=
>=0A</div>=0A</div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=0A<p class=3D"Ms=
oNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">M=
y high torque=0Astarter stopped operating. Determined it is the solenoid=
, so I will=0Abe removing it the starter for a bench test. Meanwhi=
le, we=0Adiscovered an interesting electrical situation. When tryi=
ng=0Ato start the car the starter would short out and the electrical=0As=
ystem would completely shut down. In checking the battery=0Aconnec=
tion, it was discovered disconnecting and reconnecting the=0Aground from=
the battery the electrical system became live. =0AThere must be a=
GFI type of device in the wires to and from the=0Aignition switch. =
; I doubt it was installed at the factory,=0Amaybe by the restorer? =
; What am I looking for under the=0Adash? It is a great idea, howe=
ver I want to know what is it=0Aand where it is located.</span></p>=0A<p=
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, sa=
ns-serif;"> </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"fon=
t-size:16pt;font-family:Arial, sans-serif;">Bob=0ABegani</span></p>=0A</=
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