- 21. k falls (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 07:59:20 -0700
- i plan to drive my healey from vegas to medford, oregon where i will hitch up with my brother and we will drive both healeys over the mountains to k falls to participate in the excitement. hoping to
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00723.html (6,312 bytes)
- 22. bj8 brakes (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 May 2005 20:53:23 -0700
- dave, i have had both problems you describe. before you tear into the servo check to see that your brake pedal travel is correct. apparently my clevis was screwed too far out on the threads and when
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00755.html (6,964 bytes)
- 23. signal light craziness (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Fri, 27 May 2005 20:15:09 -0700
- put a new flasher unit in today. looks the same as one i took out. signal lights now flash two or three times as fast and appear to be brighter. indicator lights on dash come on with ignition on and
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00796.html (6,853 bytes)
- 24. windshield chroming (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 08:15:51 -0800
- when i painted my bj8 last summer, i replaced the rubber in the windshield and the seal to the car. it was not as hard as i thought it would be. i used liquid soap and was very careful when i put the
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00017.html (6,151 bytes)
- 25. steering problems (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 08:34:39 -0700
- need some help. one of the bj8's in our club has had a steering problem and a vibration problem since it was bought from florida. it has always pulled right. changing tires around did no good. new ch
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00387.html (7,898 bytes)
- 26. steering problems (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 08:53:32 -0700
- got rid of the vibrations by realingning the tires on the rims and rebalancing on a computer balancer. works ok for now. brake drums had already been balanced. steering problem is still there. measur
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00455.html (7,672 bytes)
- 27. wheel runout (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:15:03 -0700
- what is the allowable runout on a chrome wire wheel? i have one i think is excessive but cannot find out what is allowable for normal driving. healeymanjim.
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00536.html (6,414 bytes)
- 28. door check straps (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 07:40:56 -0700
- i had worn out friction pads on my car and tightened them to the point of stripping the bolts. it was easy to repair the right hand thread side by drilling out the old bolt and welding in a new one,
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00753.html (6,956 bytes)
- 29. speedo rebuild (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 08:00:19 -0700
- need a recommendation for a rebuild shop for a bj7 and a bj8 speedo. both need calibration. had mine done a few years ago from some place in california and it was a disaster. never worked right and i
- /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00754.html (6,523 bytes)
- 30. 3000 crank nut wrench (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2005 07:45:16 -0800
- i just did this yesterday to replace the key on the end of the crank. took a couple of hours. both air cleaners came off, radiator out , fan belt off and eight bolts out of engine mounts. since i was
- /html/healeys/2005-03/msg00069.html (6,615 bytes)
- 31. brake pistons (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2005 12:51:43 -0800
- i recently replaced two caliper pistons because i suspected that one of the left pistons was sticking. after removing it i found where some of the chrome plating was peeling off. i replaced with stai
- /html/healeys/2005-03/msg00401.html (6,979 bytes)
- 32. choke cable problems (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 18:56:11 -0800
- i just finished putting a choke cable in a bj8. the one ordered from moss was 2 3/4 inches shorter than the old one, and would not make it to the firewall when tightened at the dash. found an old sty
- /html/healeys/2005-03/msg00634.html (6,839 bytes)
- 33. 1000 hour ramblings (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 07:55:46 -0800
- do not know if he is still active, but a guy in our club has a bt7 painted by kurt tanner's father, who had a shop somewhere in calif. might help save on paint costs. as some have stated, i would not
- /html/healeys/2005-02/msg00010.html (6,935 bytes)
- 34. great roads (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Fri, 4 Feb 2005 09:07:54 -0800
- many years ago i drove a healey north from truckee up around mt.lassen to mt.shasta on up through crater lake to bend, or then over to coast and back down. it was a hot july but nice and cool in the
- /html/healeys/2005-02/msg00199.html (7,675 bytes)
- 35. rhd lights (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Sat, 12 Feb 2005 08:32:33 -0800
- when a friend of mine took his healey to england, he had to replace the seal beams with "dip left" lights. when he came back from his tour, i helped change his lights back to "dip right" for right ha
- /html/healeys/2005-02/msg00363.html (7,600 bytes)
- 36. shipping costs (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:07:54 -0800
- i have learned the hard way to always enquire on the shipping costs. some are outrageous and for no acceptable reason. i try always to make the order big enough to justify shipping costs. it does hel
- /html/healeys/2005-02/msg00364.html (6,380 bytes)
- 37. tires (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 07:51:30 -0800
- lady in our car club wants michelins for her bj8(i won't say a thing). anyone know where to get 165 or 175/15 tires. all the places i call say michelin does not make them anymore. healeymanjim
- /html/healeys/2005-02/msg00414.html (6,440 bytes)
- 38. engine color (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Sun, 2 Jan 2005 09:45:46 -0800
- i remember reading awhile back about a lister who had bought his healey new with a blue colored engine. any truth to this statement. i always thought that the green was the only color but my friends
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00029.html (6,603 bytes)
- 39. release bearing (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 08:32:32 -0800
- does anyone know how much graphite should be exposed above the metal on a bj8 release bearing? healeymanjim
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00124.html (6,370 bytes)
- 40. vacuum advance (score: 1)
- Author: "James Shope" <healeymanjim@JoiMail.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 14:16:49 -0800
- ron fine, i advertantly deleted your letter. contact me again if you are looking for a vacuum advance. i think this on i have is for a bj8. it does not have the screw on end. healeymanjim
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00357.html (6,291 bytes)
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