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281. Re: Air ducts (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 4 Dec 2004 10:26:42 -0500
Marion and Richard, Where the air hose goes from the fan out to the hole in the cross member behind the grille, -the hose just mounts in the open hole. Quaint, aint it? David W. Jones '62 Mk II BT7 t
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00088.html (8,412 bytes)

282. Fw: Cleaning surface before re-paint (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2004 16:50:59 -0500
Greg, I don't know how it would be to sand the panels all down or what kind of surface you'd have when you were done. I would worry a bit about working the aluminum shrouds very hard. Maybe others ca
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00111.html (8,577 bytes)

283. Re: /Garage Heat (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 11:13:07 -0500
I have the same arrangement. -A portable propane burner, 80,000 btu. I have a freestanding uninsulated 2 car garage. It heats the space in a snap, but the tools and the parts take quite a bit longer.
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00168.html (8,121 bytes)

284. And to my Cat, Rasputin, I leave..... (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 13:28:51 -0500
....a can opener, 3 cases of little Friskies, and a 1962 Austin Healey 3000 MK II tricarb.... In a recent exchange with another lister off list, he mentioned that his kids would have to decide who go
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00171.html (7,785 bytes)

285. Re: Original warranty? (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2004 19:45:03 -0500
In these times when a bag of airline peanuts carries the warning "Caution: Contains Peanuts!" -in order to be doubly sure of avoiding allergy lawsuits, what do you expect? Peter, Yes, I noticed that
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00182.html (8,810 bytes)

286. Re: Welders (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 15:24:09 -0500
Plus, if you have ever read anything about the Lincoln company, you almost want them to have your money. -Probably one of the best run companies anywhere, they are largely employee owned, have tremen
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00307.html (9,332 bytes)

287. Re: Healey Values (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:52:50 -0500
....Scot, I don't know all of the reasons why BCs jumped in price back then, but I do know it was early-mid eighties when I had an eye on parlaying the Healey I had just bought for $5000 into the pur
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00312.html (9,064 bytes)

288. Re: Welders (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 19:32:53 -0500
Yeh, I go over this argument all the time myself. -Buy the tools and do it myself, or pay to have it done. Often there is not much difference in price, but if you do it yourself, you have the tools l
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00315.html (8,948 bytes)

289. Re: Healey Values (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 01:30:40 -0500
During the period you describe, I didn't so much run into wealthy neophytes trying to buy cars for themselves, as much as constantly running into "dealers" who posed as private buyers, who were prim
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00330.html (10,241 bytes)

290. Re: Healey Values (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 11:15:22 -0500
Oh Alan! I didn't say I was particularly disturbed myself, about those exporting dealers. I was intrigued and entertained by all of the subterfuge used by those buying up LBCs in bulk. -and also amus
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00338.html (10,880 bytes)

291. Re: Comments sought on British Racing Green (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 13:25:24 -0500
Hi David, You know, I never thought about it, but you are right from a purely aesthetic point of view, the high gloss BRG that I have seen just doesn't look right. I though it was the color, but it m
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00343.html (10,034 bytes)

292. Re: measuring toe-in - John Miller's write up (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:07:59 -0500
Ummm...... Couldst not the same thing be accomplished with a length of What did we ever do before lasers.....??? (Methinks everybody has developed "Dr Evil" syndrome, and want "sharks with freakin' l
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00362.html (8,316 bytes)

293. Re: laser level method for doing toe in (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 12:42:25 -0500
other than the smaller diameter of the rotors making beam alignment more ....and provided that the fenders are still off, so as not to block the beam..... -- Original Message -- From: Ron Fine To: Ri
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00384.html (8,468 bytes)

294. Re: Non Healey but auto related (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Sun, 19 Dec 2004 22:13:59 -0500
The 50th anniversary of the Pebble Beach show a couple of years ago featured these cars ...I believe their theme mentioned "teardrop" in the advertising. The cars were really amazing. Yards and yards
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00411.html (8,047 bytes)

295. Re: Screwed (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:22:20 -0500
BIG BUCKS + TENDENCY TO BE DRIVEN HARD + TECHNOLOGICAL COMPLEXITY + DESIRABILITY + (MANY) NON MECHANICAL OWNERS + EAGER BUYERS = RECIPE FOR DISASTER I have heard some horror stories about buying a ca
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00424.html (7,259 bytes)

296. Re: brake fluid (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 15:28:56 -0500
I don't know whether current rebuild kits are ok with std brake fluid or not. In order to avoid the question altogether, I have used silicon brake fluid, which absorbs less moisture than the others,
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00425.html (7,777 bytes)

297. Fw: Bonnett and boot catches and prop rod colors (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:19:59 -0500
On a BT7, the trunk latch and hook are body color, the prop rod is black for the hood and trunk lids. The two hood Hook latches are body color I believe w/ with cad springs and clevis pins. The hood
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00450.html (7,609 bytes)

298. Re: Best way to degrease an engine bay (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 20 Dec 2004 23:26:35 -0500
My frame and engine bay and suspension were caked with dirt, grease, and undercoat. I scraped the bulk off with an assortment of putty knives, and then washed several times with a good degreaser bef
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00451.html (9,593 bytes)

299. Fw: Bonnett and boot catches and prop rod colors (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 00:58:07 -0500
Additional notes on the hood latch: The wavy plate on your BN4 is black, but you will see it as unpainted zinc as are its bolts on 3000s onward. The spring retaining cup on the striker pin is zinc, a
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00456.html (8,507 bytes)

300. Re: Oil pressure readings? (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:02:39 -0500
Sounds exactly like what I had prior to my complete rebuild, which included a new oil pump. Completely rebuilt, it is about 35 at idle, 52 when cruising. The figures you are getting are fairly typica
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00486.html (7,432 bytes)

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