- 381. Re: BJ8 trunk liner kit question (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 00:55:01 -0400
- Ref Item 3 I can not speak for BJ8dom, but in BJ7dom the battery bump wood strip measures 13 in x 1 1/4 in x 3/4 in thick Ken Mason BJ7 in work Check out the new British Cars Forum: http://www.team.n
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00052.html (7,223 bytes)
- 382. Front generator bearing BT7 (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 15:18:36 -0400
- Hi, I had my BT7's generator all apart once before, but due to severe CRS, I have a question: I know the front bearing is captive in the front plate of the generator, and to replace the bearing you d
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00059.html (7,187 bytes)
- 383. Pssssttt, ......Sell me a Lid? (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 17:58:13 -0400
- I have had it with occasional overflows of the HS4 carbs on my '62 tricarb. It's not only messy, it strikes me as dangerous.... I am uprating my float chamber lids to those used in the later tricarbs
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00064.html (7,567 bytes)
- 384. Re: Holes in wings (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2004 21:30:01 -0400
- If you will note, looking at the spear for the left hand front wing/fender, it is cast so that there is a gap between the bottom edge of the spear and the body of the car. This feature, along with th
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00068.html (7,890 bytes)
- 385. More "Holes in Wings" (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 10:15:00 -0400
- Apparently I may have been wrong about the holes being just in tricarbs and just on the carburetor side....But it appears that on some 6 cylinder models, there were these holes for ventilation purpo
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00076.html (7,997 bytes)
- 386. Re: MORE About Holes in Wings (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:21:17 -0400
- Could it not be that they went to holes because of the waviness caused when stamping/cutting the slots? Also I am suspicious of the fact that they did not need alignment holes when making the 100 fen
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00091.html (10,365 bytes)
- 387. Re: Rear "Squab"? (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:23:57 -0400
- If it is the same as that in a BT7, I can send you some pictures I just took for someone else who needed rear side panel detail. Let me know. David W. Jones '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb Cumberland, RI USA H
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00092.html (7,424 bytes)
- 388. Fw: MORE About Holes in Wings (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 4 Sep 2004 22:29:12 -0400
- I don't think there's ever a reason for being sorry that a point of concours detail is brought to light. I'm glad that it was brought up, because I had assumed I knew what the deal was. -It turns out
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00093.html (9,665 bytes)
- 389. Lime Rock (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 15:44:55 -0400
- Hello all, I drove the 3 hours from here yesterday over to Lime Rock raceway in Connecticut for their vintage car festival. I would have loved to have seen the cars racing, which occurs on Friday, Sa
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00118.html (7,793 bytes)
- 390. Re: Fulcrum pins won't budge (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:09:07 -0400
- I don't know how long yours have been in, but they can be stubborn to remove. When I last removed mine, it seems to me that I remember having to use a hand-maul (hand sledge) to drive the fulcrum pi
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00125.html (8,259 bytes)
- 391. Re: More Fulcrum pins won't budge (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2004 18:28:21 -0400
- Hi Rich, Maybe I'm wrong, but I believe he was referring to the inner fulcrum pins that hold the A arms to the frame, rather than the fulcrum pin in the base of the king pin.. He refers to "inner" pi
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00127.html (9,078 bytes)
- 392. Re: BJ8 rad choices? (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:16:44 -0400
- Hi Bob, Suppose you would want to balance the cost of a new core against the possibility of a failure. Removing and replacing it later on is not a huge deal, but then there is the question of where y
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00158.html (8,193 bytes)
- 393. Re: Which Wire Wheels for BJ8? (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 8 Sep 2004 02:26:49 -0400
- 60 spoke painted (medium silver, Dunlop) wire wheels would have been the original wheel for your car. If you did choose to go with chrome anyway, I hear good things about the Dayton chrome wheels (s
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00160.html (7,463 bytes)
- 394. Aluminum Oil Pans (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:55:18 -0400
- Several of you have mentioned aluminum oil pans in recent posts. I was wondering what the deal is with them. -Are they just replacements for old damaged original ones? Are the steel ones still availa
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00190.html (6,655 bytes)
- 395. Re: Custom wire harnesses / Now:Sportsmobile (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:50:49 -0400
- -Thank you for solving a longstanding mystery for me. About 15 years ago, I went to visit my sister in Panang Malaysia for several weeks. One afternoon on our way to the Koo kong Si (sp?) temple, th
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00216.html (8,975 bytes)
- 396. BJ8 Oils? (no Tech Content) (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:15:22 -0400
- Only if you slap a "Mobile 1" sticker on your (aluminum) valve cover, next to your chrome air cleaners behind your polished brass radiator tank! -- Original Message -- From: John Rued To: healeylist
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00218.html (7,127 bytes)
- 397. Re: Custom wire harnesses / Now:Sportsmobile (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 10:35:12 -0400
- The car I saw in Malaysia (whatever it was!) had a lot of the same parking and brake light assy's and the same steering wheel and some chrome trim bits that my BT7 has..... and I think if I remember
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00221.html (8,515 bytes)
- 398. Re: Custom wire harnesses / Now:Sportsmobile (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 13:10:39 -0400
- One of the things that struck me as odd at the time, was that the car in Malaysia was such a big car... Most of the cars there have are small (lots of original Coopers) and that this thing was orders
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00226.html (9,695 bytes)
- 399. Braided fuel line question (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:08:44 -0400
- -Anybody have a suggestion on how best to cut steel braided fuel line, leaving a neat (non frayed) end? I need to replace the short piece between the 2nd and 3rd carbs, and have a long piece I could
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00231.html (7,269 bytes)
- 400. Re: Insurance (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 10 Sep 2004 14:26:02 -0400
- Don't some policies state just limited mileage, without other stipulations? I thought Haggarty had some policies like that, for 5000 and 10000 mi, -but that was years ago. The only problem is if you
- /html/healeys/2004-09/msg00232.html (7,284 bytes)
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