Peter -
Later BN1s have the 5 stud axle. How many studs on your axle?
probably the Westy had the filler hole on the diff casing hence the
lack of a filler hole of the swapped pumpkin....
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'59 Jag Mk IX
'64 BJ8
On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 5:23 PM, Peter Linn <greylinn@ozemail.com.au> wrote:
> G'day Alan
>
> I've been under the misapprehension (apparently) that the way I ended up
> with 2 BN1s with no filler for the rear axle was that later diff centres
> (with no filler on the "pumpkin") had been put into old type casings (with
> no filler on casing). I know of 2 other cars in the Queensland club in a
> similar situation. Both mine are 3.54 diffs, one of which I believe is from
> a Wolseley 6/110. Any ideas?
>
> Cheers
>
> Peter Linn
> Brisbane
>
> BN1 Ward Spl coupe
> BN1 Holden V6
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>
> To: "John & Kerry Rowe" <jkrowe46@bigpond.net.au>
> Cc: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 24, 2010 11:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Spiral bevel differential in BN1
>
>
>> Hah! wishful thinking. It's a completely different housing and axle,
>> unfortunately. To do the conversion you have to swap complete axle
>> assemblies + springs.
>>
>> Alan
>>
>> '52 A90
>> '53 BN1
>> '59 Jag Mk IX
>> '64 BJ8
>>
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 9:12 AM, John & Kerry Rowe
>> <jkrowe46@bigpond.net.au> wrote:
>>>
>>> Can anyone on the list tell me if it is possible to fit the hypoid diff
>>> centre from later 5 stud axle variety into the early differential case?
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> John Rowe
>>>
>>> Qld Australia
>>>
>>> BN1 BT7
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