- 21. Re: leaky tach cable (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2005 08:06:03 -0400
- Thanks. I remember a few weeks back pulling the tach cable at the engine side to get a better clearance for removing the side cover for the lifters. Must have disturbed the seal. Moss now carries it,
- /html/healeys/2005-07/msg00125.html (7,855 bytes)
- 22. condolences (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 07:09:47 -0400
- When I heard of terrorism in far places after 9-11, I sometimes wanted to rationalize that "that's out there somewhere, not here". It came a little closer yesterday, though. My older sister lives in
- /html/healeys/2005-07/msg00229.html (7,098 bytes)
- 23. later 3000 question (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 16:03:39 -0400
- I am very much embedded in 100-4 mentality, but my wife is thinking of going modern and is pushing to consider getting a later 3000. I am trying to get her to think along the lines of a BN7 roadster,
- /html/healeys/2005-07/msg00242.html (7,145 bytes)
- 24. later 3000 question (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2005 21:55:41 -0400
- Thanks for the feedback on BN7's and BJ8's. I think my wife's preference for roll-up windows and fixed windshields owes from the days we sold our flawless BJ8 off to buy an $800 '54 BN1 needed some s
- /html/healeys/2005-07/msg00250.html (8,108 bytes)
- 25. timing question (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2005 21:28:06 -0400
- I am having problems with the inductive timing light I bought, and believe it may be the metal ignition wires that is keeping it from flashing regularly. I've put it away until I can get a set of car
- /html/healeys/2005-07/msg00282.html (7,370 bytes)
- 26. Dear Abby (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 06:51:05 -0400
- Dear Abby~ As you know, 'M' and I have been having a lot of problems over the last two years. She's had quite a few health issues after rising from her 20-year coma and moving east to upstate New Yor
- /html/healeys/2005-07/msg00453.html (9,244 bytes)
- 27. Correct color for Tonneau On BN-2 (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2005 13:16:54 -0400
- For what it may be worth, I just acquired an absolutely pristine, original '56 tonneau (black), and can supply some subtle detail differences between it, and the 1970's tonneau that came with the M,
- /html/healeys/2005-07/msg00574.html (6,948 bytes)
- 28. rear axle seals (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2005 08:02:06 -0400
- I've ordered new O-rings, lockwashers and seals for the rear end, and have an 8-sided nut socket. The half axles are out as part of a Lempert 3.54 conversion, and I want to do the seals while all is
- /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00002.html (6,928 bytes)
- 29. 2-gorilla job? (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 07:00:25 -0400
- IThanks to all who provided earlier guidance on seals. Unfortunately I haven't been able to use it yet. have tried in vane to unfasten the rear axle securing nut. I'm using the 8-sided OEM nut socket
- /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00298.html (7,504 bytes)
- 30. hub nuts (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2005 19:44:43 -0400
- Thanks to all who gave practical tips on the hub nut problem. I ground the SC Parts 8-sided nut down 3/16" all around and it fit the nut much squarer. Instead of a ratchet used in the am (which twist
- /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00316.html (7,534 bytes)
- 31. Watkins Glen (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Tue, 14 Jun 2005 06:52:41 -0400
- is it too late to seen the Healey challenge race(s) at Watkins Glen next week? I saw something (maybe a club posting) several weeks back about the the track being closed to spectators, but that you c
- /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00358.html (7,395 bytes)
- 32. 100-4 door locks (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Jun 2005 06:27:25 -0400
- What continues to strike me is that all the coach fittings on Healey seems born out of 19th centruy English crafts, the following being the latest of many suh observations. The latch mechanisms on 10
- /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00663.html (9,228 bytes)
- 33. grille plating (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Fri, 6 May 2005 20:40:38 -0400
- Last year I posted a bit about Ken Sabin, who has done all the plating on our car. We had mapped out a plating strategy for the inner shell, but I had not commissioned the work for the BN2-m due to o
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00161.html (7,421 bytes)
- 34. 100-6's strong showing (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Fri, 20 May 2005 07:14:07 -0400
- I was quite impressed that the first race results posted for the Healey AU-US challenge in Wisconsin resulted in half of the field's top ten being taken by 100-6's (2 Aussie, 3 Americans). Is it bett
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00510.html (6,550 bytes)
- 35. sport coil arcana (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 18:55:15 -0400
- I have collected three vintage Lucas coils. Two are aluminum and dated 1956 and 1958. The 1958 one has a Lucas decal, but is not a sports coil. The third is a steel body coil, undated, but a bit olde
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00575.html (6,930 bytes)
- 36. Sports Coil (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2005 19:33:53 -0400
- In follow up to my posting about the 50's Lucas Sports Coil, the mdel is HS12 Type LO , serial #406996. Can anyone date it?
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00611.html (6,219 bytes)
- 37. air vent cable (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 22:16:43 -0400
- Sometimes it's the easy stuff that trips you up. At some point in time the bracket for holding the cold air vent cable knob was modified, and the cable holder was fashioned or adapted from a shorter
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00822.html (7,051 bytes)
- 38. lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 16:46:14 -0400
- I am sure the old salts are worn out giving this advise over and over, but I would appreciate guidance on what products are in vogue for engine oil, rear axle 90W, carb dashpot fluid, brake fluid etc
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00831.html (7,373 bytes)
- 39. lubricants (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 05:30:37 -0400
- Thanks for the several replies on this thread If I should go to the silicone brake fluid, how do you convert from conventional fluid to silicone? The reservoir is empty, but I have regular brake flui
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00845.html (7,532 bytes)
- 40. fittings and accessories (score: 1)
- Author: "Allen C Miller, Jr." <acmiller@mhcable.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 05:47:36 -0400
- strongly recommend Paul Beck Vintage Supplies in Norfolk, England (www.vintage supplies.com; email = info@vintagesupplies.com . They have a number of useful rubber extrusions, edge trimmings, and mis
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00848.html (6,865 bytes)
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