- 261. Re: Shipping Gas Tank for Repair (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 13:22:23 -0500
- You may want to look into a shipping company called "Yellow Freight", they ship all kinds of stuff, including Class A -C fireworks.. -Don't ask how I know!! ;-) David W. Jones '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb C
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00051.html (7,257 bytes)
- 262. Re: Information that could be important to you (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 3 Jan 2005 14:33:56 -0500
- Hmmmmmm...... I never smile, and I often speak in incomplete sentences..... --That's 2 out of 3! Plus, I restored my own Healey!!! -Does that mean that I have Dain Bramage???? NOT HEALEY RELATED - ST
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00057.html (8,908 bytes)
- 263. Engine Colors and Longbridge/Abingdon transition (long) (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 10:21:49 -0500
- Egad, man!!! Look at the untold mayhem, uncertainty, disillusion, and confusion thou hast wrought!!!! And shall the great driving force, the source of all power, be painted light ethereal green, as
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00145.html (10,355 bytes)
- 264. Re: Engine Colors (no healey content) (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2005 15:18:34 -0500
- Aye, but sadly, the pall of snow is upon the land, and the torrents pour forth from the skye.... And Rhode Island is no fit land for he who hast the yearning for the open road, this day.. Dave J. --
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00150.html (9,942 bytes)
- 265. Re: Seat back upholstery (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 12:43:00 -0500
- Who made your seat upholstery kit, and who made the seat back foams? I had no problem installing the seat bottoms but when slipping the seat back covers over the frame its a very tight fit side to si
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00194.html (7,191 bytes)
- 266. Re: Mk III on ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2005 02:16:25 -0500
- All I could see wrong were the wrong hose clamps, and the generator is black? --But admittedly, BJ8's are not my strong suit. The photos could be closer...so maybe it's a 10 footer? 55K? Not unheard
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00219.html (7,750 bytes)
- 267. Re: 100 M Cold air box (no serious content) (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 16 Jan 2005 10:38:24 -0500
- Previous owners are a mystical magical inscrutable lot. -They obviously knew far more about Healeys than we do, since their ways are often not understandable to current owners... Unfortunately, their
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00289.html (8,827 bytes)
- 268. Re: Heater block off plate and fuel tank (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jan 2005 14:00:35 -0500
- The fuel tank should be a gloss or semi gloss black. I have a heater, (such as it is) so I don't know about the other question. Dave J. -- Original Message -- From: Kevin To: healeys@Autox.Team.Net S
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00326.html (7,432 bytes)
- 269. Re: front fender installation, door gaps etc. (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 10:58:56 -0500
- I can't answer the 1st two questions for you, but I can tell you that most of the listers approach the fender bead installation as you have described. -And word is that they have no problems with sc
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00384.html (10,276 bytes)
- 270. Re: Main / Rod Bearings, Crankshaft, Pistons & Sump Pan (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 21 Jan 2005 15:39:37 -0500
- Hi. The bearing sizes have more to do with the amount of machining done to get rid of scoring, rather than to do with any particular model. If your machine shop can machine your crank acceptably, th
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00391.html (9,857 bytes)
- 271. tricarb manifold bolts (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2005 11:13:27 -0500
- Hmmmmm. Thought I'd be able to help, but that part (the bolt(s)) do not appear in the Service Parts List on the pages for the heat shield, the manifolds or the carbs...... ...What's the deal with tha
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00442.html (7,646 bytes)
- 272. Re: Barrett-Jackson (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 14:59:07 -0500
- I missed the show on Speed last night. How was it? Are there more Barrett-Jackson "episodes" scheduled? If so, do you know when? David W. Jones '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb Cumberland, RI USA Bill 9-10 pm E
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00517.html (7,726 bytes)
- 273. Re: BJ8 Front brake pad shims (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 16:49:08 -0500
- I had great luck using the shims and the fluid. No squeals for many many If you buy the ready-made ones, be careful pushing them into place. --They can slice your thumb wide open, and that antisqueal
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00559.html (7,846 bytes)
- 274. Re: Austin-Healey song by Scout? (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2005 19:23:29 -0500
- ....Now, I'm really starting to worry about you..... Soon, you will have all of the models, the miniatures (metal and plastic) and the pink plastic "Barbie" Austin Healey too!! Though if the song "A
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00564.html (9,138 bytes)
- 275. Re: Austin-Healey song by Scout? (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 00:21:38 -0500
- Having grown up with songs like "GTO" and "Red Corvette", and "Little Deuce Coupe" and the others I mentioned earlier..... Call me old fashioned, but i feel bad for todays kids.... "Tuner Fans" I can
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00577.html (8,312 bytes)
- 276. Re: Barrett-Jackson Auction - Value (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 18:03:26 -0500
- What is a Healey worth? You always hear that a thing is worth whatever the buyer is willing to pay for it... But it is also worth only what the seller is willing to demand for it. If you ask $20K for
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00668.html (9,924 bytes)
- 277. Re: Barrett-Jackson Auction - Reporter on the scene... (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:40:37 -0500
- I did not intend to indicate that you could set your own price ...and get it. I suppose what I was indicating is that for some reason, owners are routinely willing to spend more than they are worth
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00676.html (11,440 bytes)
- 278. Re: Barrett-Jackson Auction - Value (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 20:49:10 -0500
- You are talking semantics. The fact remains, in the case I put forth, the seller influences what the buyer will pay. There is a difference in the way luxury items are bought and sold, and in the way
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00678.html (8,004 bytes)
- 279. Re: Computers. Sorry-no Healeys (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 2 Dec 2004 16:47:35 -0500
- To my mind, it is perfectly fine to ask this question of the list, ...But would think it could be answered in a flash by an "XP Users group" LOL. ...Don't know how much help you're going to get from
- /html/healeys/2004-12/msg00029.html (7,017 bytes)
- 280. Re: Air Compressor Advice (Healey Restoration Tools/Not Healey (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Dec 2004 19:38:33 -0500
- Hi Greg, I have the 6.0 hp Craftsman, and have been using it for about ten years. It has held up well for some fairly extensive painting, wrench work, grinding and cutting. -But I have also been reli
- /html/healeys/2004-12/msg00066.html (9,611 bytes)
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