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41. Re: Mechanical Mystery Tour (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 07:21:39 -0400; Hold that thought... Good to learn that about them. Aha. The combination of a ratcheting sound combined with a hole in the bellhousing suggests a foreign object in the bellhousing got wedged between; /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00283.html (8,176 bytes)
42. Re: starting problem (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Sun, 15 May 2005 10:58:20 -0400; IF it starts right up by depressing the solenoid manually, and doesn't die randomly after it's warmed up, then you need look no further than the circuit that includes the starter button and the coil; /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00364.html (7,018 bytes)
43. Re: Compare a Healey it's contemporary (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Thu, 19 May 2005 06:55:21 -0400; Those of us who were driving in the '50s in the rural Midwest experienced nothing but American iron, for the most part, so my first Healey experience -- a Sprite, before moving up to a BJ8 -- was qui; /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00474.html (9,839 bytes)
44. Re: If the Concours Committee........ (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Sat, 21 May 2005 17:09:12 -0400; I hope the horse isn't already dead, but I'd just like to inject an opinion without benefit of complete knowledge of the circumstances: consider deriving your income from a source other than sale of; /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00570.html (7,296 bytes)
45. Re: advance ignition timing 3000 MK1 (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Sun, 29 May 2005 17:34:54 -0400; Please don't take this as gospel, but just another data point: with an engine of this vintage, provided the vacuum and centrifugal advances are working, the correct timing is the point at which you c; /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00833.html (8,322 bytes)
46. Re: advance ignition timing 3000 MK1 (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 13:30:25 -0400; To see if they're working at all, you can use a timing light. Without the vacuum advance connected, see if you're getting advance with increasing RPMs (centrifugal). Then, with a hand vacuum pump + t; /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00866.html (7,829 bytes)
47. Re: BJ8 Starter Comes Alive (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Tue, 31 May 2005 09:50:34 -0400; <snip> <snip> If there was no solenoid click, then the place to look is the circuit that includes the starter switch and the solenoid. Lack of solenoid closure trumps anything further downstream, lik; /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00925.html (8,114 bytes)
48. Re: Restored BJ8 for 9000? (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Mon, 04 Apr 2005 06:26:22 -0400; Without even looking, that sounds like the scam where the car is located in a European country, e.g., Italy, and they want you to send the money and they'll ship you the car. Looks like eBay has alre; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00075.html (6,908 bytes)
49. Re: Tires (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Thu, 07 Apr 2005 16:10:16 -0400; Those tires are fatter than stock, and really don't look right. My BJ8 came with Dunlop radials -- 165 or 175, if memory serves (and these days, increasingly it doesn't). I hope that no one here is u; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00159.html (8,603 bytes)
50. Re: Kai M. Radicke (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 13:32:35 -0400; Wrong answer, Kai. -- John Miller Retired ex-journalist and PR professional; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00227.html (7,013 bytes)
51. Re: Fw: Attn: Rally / Works / Replica Detail Needed (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2005 18:41:14 -0400; Do you have any which, when pressed, change to "Release to Detonate"? --; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00250.html (7,752 bytes)
52. Re: Does this thinkin' follow??? (100-4)... (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 16:53:25 -0400; You may be doing the right thing for the wrong reason. I don't want to sound contradictory, but it's probably best to nip this in the bud before someone spends a *lot* of time unfruitfully and frustr; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00420.html (7,809 bytes)
53. Re: steering problems (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 12:34:05 -0400; To ensure that everything is "square," it's also necessary to measure the diagonals. You could be driving a parallelogram and still have the same distances front to rear. -- John Miller Surplus (For; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00460.html (7,545 bytes)
54. Re: 100 BN1 Front Suspension Misalignment (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 15:53:20 -0400; When you say "1/2 inch back," does that mean that the wheelbase is 1/2 inch short on the right side, or could it be simply a bodywork problem? To check chassis alignment, you'll want to measure the l; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00467.html (7,810 bytes)
55. Virus: "healeys@msn.com" (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 15:10:59 -0400; Forgive me for having to ask, but I don't keep old list messages on my machine: is anyone with the email address, "healeys@msn.com" on the list? I just received this, purporting to be from that addre; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00563.html (7,008 bytes)
56. Re: Non-starter problem (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 11:06:18 -0400; Finding the problem would just be a matter of tracing the presence/absence of voltage with a test light, starting at the ignition switch and working foward (toward the pump, relay, etc.) or backward; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00629.html (7,503 bytes)
57. Re: Vapor Lock Symptoms? (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 13:32:26 -0400; Scott, the problem is definitely not the brand, but it could easily be the heat range of the plugs you're using. This thread jogged my memory of a problem I had with my BJ8 when it was a new car. Aft; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00638.html (8,384 bytes)
58. Re: Vapor lock (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:19:23 -0400; Just so there's no misunderstanding, it's going to blow the same direction regardless of whether it's installed backwards or correctly. It's just that it blows ever so much better the right way (assu; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00642.html (7,519 bytes)
59. Re: eBay Healey (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2005 17:42:37 -0500; Maybe, but you'd have to figure out the cost of restoration to driveable condition, compared with the cost of a running driver. I'm not at all sure that buying a running car wouldn't be a better deal; /html/healeys/2005-03/msg00095.html (6,714 bytes)
60. Re: Bogus BJ8 2nd try (score: 1): Author: John Miller <healeys@n4vu.com>; Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2005 12:55:40 -0500; It's a weakness, I know, but I like to play with these folks just enough to smoke out their next move. My reply would be along the lines of: "Thank you very much for your kind response. Shipping will; /html/healeys/2005-03/msg00368.html (7,198 bytes)

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