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301. Re: Best way to degrease, Advise (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 20:09:07 -0500
I could not agree more. Much better than to wish you had done it right first time around (by which I mean doing it to the standard you will be happy with) than to look at it over your ownership and w
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00487.html (8,748 bytes)

302. Concours Mania Question (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:10:25 -0500
I have one of the original Tudor washer bottles and caps, the Tudor logo is in good shape, but the bottle and cap are yellowed and a bit grimy. Any ideas on how to best clean up / brighten up one of
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00621.html (6,540 bytes)

303. Re: What did ya get? (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:15:47 -0500
Actually, around here it's contracted all the way to "Whadja get?" Unfortunately, my relatives don't know a trafficator from a lever shock, so..... I got a lot of "cool" clothes instead.... lol. ....
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00622.html (7,912 bytes)

304. Washer Bottle Cont'd (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 16:52:20 -0500
-As it turns out, I looked into the washer bottle issue a bit further, and apparently the bottle for my BT7 MkII is supposed to be unlabeled... The silk screened one that I have is apparently for a B
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00628.html (6,823 bytes)

305. Re: Washer Bottle Cont'd (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 27 Dec 2004 23:35:35 -0500
......Um, OK, .....but now I'm trying to figure out why you were eating spaghetti out of your Bugeye's windshield washer bottle....!! Do you use the disk wheel caps as plates? :-) Seriously though, T
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00645.html (7,983 bytes)

306. Re: documenting as-is healey - camera suggestions? (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 12:43:59 -0500
I just wanted to add a comment or two on the digital photography as a tool. When I started my restoration, I was taking photos with film, making notes, and making drawings in a notebook on items whic
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00658.html (10,514 bytes)

307. Re: Re: documenting as-is healey - camera suggestions? (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 14:11:13 -0500
I acknowledge what you are saying, but for those of us that like to make large prints, and who even resorted to slower, more fine grained film stock back in the day... 3.2 MP doesn't cut it. 11 X 14
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00662.html (9,566 bytes)

308. Re: hood still won't fit!!!!! (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2004 18:57:31 -0500
Hmmmm... I knew that the shrouds and fenders were a mix and match sort of a deal as far as compatibility went... But never knew that about the hoods. I must have been lucky when I replaced my origina
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00671.html (9,264 bytes)

309. Re: Ram Pipes & Breather Pipe (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2004 18:27:45 -0500
I don't know Rick, -I ran my car for a short while with that side of the T open for a short while after it's rebuild, and that thing vented smelly oily vapor..... It produced headaches if you drove a
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00699.html (8,431 bytes)

310. Re: 6 cyl heater re assy issues (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 30 Dec 2004 11:40:15 -0500
When rebuilding my heater, the o-ring had gone bad, and I also had trouble with the ring supplied by Moss. (this was several years ago. I solved it by getting an o-ring from my local hardware store,
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00722.html (8,526 bytes)

311. Re: Misc correctness questions (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 10:47:58 -0500
As for the exhaust manifolds, you are correct, they tend to "burn off" -although there isn't enough paint (if sprayed) to cause much if any smoke or smell. What a lot of the more fanatical will do,
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00756.html (9,160 bytes)

312. Re: Misc correctness questions (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Fri, 31 Dec 2004 15:39:58 -0500
I wish someone would make the Healey engine green in an ultra-high temp bake-on paint.... But then, I guess there would not be much collateral business selling that color to people to paint their bar
/html/healeys/2004-12/msg00760.html (10,464 bytes)

313. Fw: Cleanup (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:41:12 -0500
Dawn dishwash detergent works as a spray, very well. I use it diluted about 5:1. If it's good enough to de-grease puffins and penguins, it's good enough for me. David W. Jones '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb C
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00020.html (7,893 bytes)

314. Re: Cleanup (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 21:39:04 -0500
I don't know how well it cleans, but the other thing to remember is that rubbing alcohol is highly flammable, -and the flames are hard to see, especially in a well lit area. I would not want it in a
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00024.html (8,839 bytes)

315. Re: Cleanup (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 09:33:02 -0500
The lister I was responding to talked about possibly using the stuff in a parts washer! ....I don't think the nurse in question was working around open flame or electric motors either. When using gas
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00040.html (8,547 bytes)

316. Re: Austin Healey 100 (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Tue, 2 Nov 2004 23:32:31 -0500
I'm laughing, because half the time I pull up anywhere, someone "compliments" me by saying: "Wow!, Nice MG!!" -If they don't know enough to know the difference, I should care? Dave J. . Damned if I k
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00079.html (9,746 bytes)

317. Re: Austin Healey 100 (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Wed, 3 Nov 2004 11:16:44 -0500
I used to have an MGB-GT when I was in my 20s, (Can't recall the model year, ..but well before the ride height adjustment and the big bumpers). I had more fun with that car than any other I have eve
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00092.html (8,790 bytes)

318. Re: leather (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2004 13:35:29 -0500
"The exhaust note is unlike that of any other vehicle. The closest thing to it that I have heard is the sounds made by an antique mahogany round sterned Chris-Craft runabout. A childhood friend and I
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00117.html (8,053 bytes)

319. Re: Overdrive wierdness - I'm not really sure (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 16:37:32 -0500
I think the throttle switch is there to prevent unintended additional compression braking when flipped to normal. Requiring the throttle to be depressed to disengage the overdrive prevents an excess
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00161.html (11,146 bytes)

320. Re: Brake Rotor removal (score: 1)
Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 23:57:33 -0500
One variation on the rig to remove the grease cup. instead of using vice grips on the extra piece of threaded rod or screw, you can put washers or a bar with a hole in it into the threaded shaft, bri
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00171.html (7,741 bytes)

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