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To: "'Jean Caron'" <vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant
From: "Bob England" <engl@accesscomm.ca>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 15:15:53 -0600
Cc: 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net>
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Jean

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Didn=E2=80=99t they also promise to declare war on Belgium, but also =
promised to declare peace before the fireworks got started and throw a =
big party?

=20

(And people wonder why we call our main monetary denomination the =
Loonie.)

=20

BobE

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From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Jean =
Caron
Sent: April 24, 2020 1:01 PM
To: Michael Oritt; i erbs
Cc: Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant

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There was a time after Canada had gone metric that a fringe political =
party, called the Rhinoceros Party, during the provincial election in =
Quebec, one of their promise if elected, was to switch driving from the =
right  hand side to the left hand side of the road like in the UK, =
Australia and Japan but like every good politician, they were going to =
do it in stages starting with truck, semi-trailers for the first month =
and cars the following month. Surprisingly they never got elected to =
fulfill their promise.!!!!!!!!!

=20

Jean

Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986>  for =
Windows 10

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Sent: April 24, 2020 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant

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Metrification has been a success in the street drug trade:  Every school =
kid knows that there are 28 grams in an ounce.

=20

Best--Michael Oritt=20

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On Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:12 PM i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com> wrote:

Yup,=20

The US was going to convert, but busineses and manufacturers raised a =
storm over the cost to convert, so it never officially happened.=20

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
59 BN4
67MGB
65 AH Sprite
phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos

=20

On Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 2:15 AM <simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com> wrote:

=E2=80=9CFlirted=E2=80=9D? To tell the truth, I=E2=80=99d never given it =
much thought but had =E2=80=9Cassumed=E2=80=9D that the US had resisted =
metrification. Don=E2=80=99t I recall that all oil-producing kit is =
Imperial because of US domination in that area? And =
planes=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6?

I do know that, when Ted =E2=80=9CThe Grocer=E2=80=9D Heath dragged the =
UK into the Common Market, we were supposed to go Metric. There were =
some hiccups along the way. A pint of beer remains a pint. As did a pint =
of milk whilst milk bottles still existed.=20

EU: =E2=80=9CYou must cease drinking pints forthwith. You will =
obey=E2=80=9D.

UK: =E2=80=9CWon=E2=80=99t. Can=E2=80=99t. Shan=E2=80=99t=E2=80=9D.

Etcetc Finally:

EU: =E2=80=9CYou will obey=E2=80=9D.

UK: =E2=80=9COK. We will keep pint glasses (From which we will drink =
proper beer unlike your pallid Europ*ss). We will refer to those glasses =
as =E2=80=9Cpints=E2=80=9D whilst acknowledging that they contain

568.261ml litres each.

EU: =E2=80=9CZut, alors. We surrender. Have some cheese=E2=80=9D.

Aren=E2=80=99t we all allowed the occasional rant?

Simon

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From: i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>=20
Sent: 24 April 2020 02:55
To: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
Cc: simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com; Patrick & Caroline Quinn =
<p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>; Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant

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When the US flirted with metrifying and production when to canada and =
mexico they made standard threaded bolts with metric heads so factories =
there could use metric tools

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
59 BN4
67MGB
65 AH Sprite
phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos

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On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 6:17 PM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com> =
wrote:

I think you have it backwards. The original GM design would have used =
the UNC thread pattern with a 9/16=E2=80=9D bolt head. The design =
predated metrification in the US by a few decades. When Rover went =
metric, sometime in the 80s probably, they retained the US standard =
thread pattern while changing to a metric standard bolt head. It would =
probably have been more costly to retool the engine castings to switch =
to a metric thread pattern.

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Bill Lawrence=20

BN1 #554



From: i erbs <eyera3000@gmail.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 7:13 PM
To: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com>
Cc: simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com =
<simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com>; Patrick & Caroline Quinn =
<p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>; Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant=20

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Gm did that to rationalize tools as you say, but save money on not =
converting thread and pitch to metric. I had a 87 Olds with that exact =
situation. But also standards bolts heads too in some areas.=20

Ira Erbs
Portland,OR
59 BN4
67MGB
65 AH Sprite
phone makes it's own choices. Forgive typos

=20

On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 11:39 AM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <ynotink@msn.com> =
wrote:

In the midst of my recent Rover V8 rebuild I was surprised to discover =
that while all of the fasteners used metric wrench sizes many in the =
short block used the UNC thread type ie: a 3/8" coarse bolt with a 13 mm =
head. I assume that Rover simply continued the UNC pattern of the =
original GM castings and changed the head size to simplify tool =
inventory.

=20

Bill Lawrence

BN1 #554



From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of =
simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com <simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:20 AM
To: 'Patrick & Caroline Quinn' <p_cquinn@tpg.com.au>
Cc: 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant=20

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I have a vague memory of what we called =E2=80=9CTransitional =
Rovers=E2=80=9D ie a mix of Imperial and Metric. All =C2=BE tonner long =
wheel-base. All UK based. They may have been peculiar to the army.

Glad I wasn=E2=80=99t in REME=E2=80=A6..they had to maintain them.

Simon

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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Patrick & =
Caroline Quinn
Sent: 23 April 2020 00:23
To: 'David Nock' <healeydoc@gmail.com>; 'Michael MacLean' =
<rrengineer.mike@att.net>
Cc: 'Healeys' <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant

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G=E2=80=99day

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Not long after I bought my first 100 back in 1972 I turned 21 and one of =
the birthday gifts I received was a set of BSF spanners and sockets. I =
still have them.

=20

Now I have three sets of tools. BSF for the Healey Saloon. AF for the =
100 BN3 and metric for the Hilux, Mercedes and around the house. There =
are many variations of each for specific purposes.

=20

Hoo Roo

=20

Patrick Quinn

Blue Mountains, Australia

=20

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David =
Nock
Sent: Wednesday, 22 April 2020 11:59 PM
To: Michael MacLean
Cc: Healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant

=20

All the threads on the 100/4 engine are BSF not Whitworth.  Whitworth is =
a coarse thread.=20

However the wrench sizes are interchangeable. They are one size apart =
from each other.=20

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The threads on the small plate are 1/4 bsf and the gen bracket is 5/16 =
bsf. Also look close there are some of the studs that go thru into the =
cooling system.=20

David Nock

=20

Sent from my iPhone

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On Apr 21, 2020, at 10:18 PM, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike@att.net> =
wrote:

=EF=BB=BF

So, I am getting ready to install the head on my 100 short block.  Made =
sure all the intake valves have the new seals I bought from British Car =
Specialists plus the new set of springs I already had for the valves.  =
The two mating surfaces were cleaned with a white (finest grit) Roloc =
brush.  I have the correct head gasket (copper faced).   Tonight was the =
night to torque the head down to the block.  My surprise, for some =
stupid reason I only ordered 8 new head nuts.  I managed to order the =
correct amount of washer for the head.  No idea what my pea brain was =
thinking.  Also found out the head nuts are Whitworth (3/8")  size.  I =
have a Whitworth socket set, so tragedy averted there.  I seem to =
remember someone talking about the water jacket blanking plate earlier =
this week.  That made me look at the front of my block.  Three studs and =
an empty hole.  No cover.  I managed to find two blanking covers in my =
stash of parts and a gasket in my gasket set.  Woohoo, but no nuts or =
lock washers.  Can someone tell me if these little nuts that I do not =
have are Whitworth nuts.  If so, what size?  I have a generator bracket, =
but there are no threaded studs for the block or nuts to mount it with.  =
Once again, Whitworth?  The closer I get to putting this together the =
more stuff I find out I don't have.

Mike MacLean

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style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Jean<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
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style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>Didn=E2=80=99t they also =
promise to declare war on Belgium, but also promised to declare peace =
before the fireworks got started and throw a big =
party?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#1F497D'>(And people wonder why =
we call our main monetary denomination the =
Loonie.)<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:#1F497D'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:#1F497D'>BobE<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
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</b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Healeys =
[mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Jean =
Caron<br><b>Sent:</b> April 24, 2020 1:01 PM<br><b>To:</b> Michael =
Oritt; i erbs<br><b>Cc:</b> Healeys<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] =
Today's Rant<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>There was a =
time after Canada had gone metric that a fringe political party, called =
the Rhinoceros Party, during the provincial election in Quebec, one of =
their promise if elected, was to switch driving from the right =
&nbsp;hand side to the left hand side of the road like in the UK, =
Australia and Japan but like every good politician, they were going to =
do it in stages starting with truck, semi-trailers for the first month =
and cars the following month. Surprisingly they never got elected to =
fulfill their promise.!!!!!!!!!<o:p></o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Jean<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Sent from <a =
href=3D"https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986";>Mail</a> for =
Windows 10<o:p></o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in =
0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal><b>From: </b><a =
href=3D"mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com";>Michael Oritt</a><br><b>Sent: =
</b>April 24, 2020 1:52 PM<br><b>To: </b><a =
href=3D"mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com";>i erbs</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a =
href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>Healeys</a><br><b>Subject: =
</b>Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant<o:p></o:p></p></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#3333FF'>Metrification has been a =
success in the street drug trade:&nbsp; Every school kid knows that =
there are 28 grams in an ounce.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span =
style=3D'color:#3333FF'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><span style=3D'color:#3333FF'>Best--Michael =
Oritt&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On =
Fri, Apr 24, 2020 at 12:12 PM i erbs &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com";>eyera3000@gmail.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in =
6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5=
.0pt'><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>Yup, <o:p></o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'>The US was going to =
convert, but busineses and manufacturers raised a storm over the cost to =
convert, so it never =
officially&nbsp;happened.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Ira Erbs<br>Portland,OR<br>59 BN4<br>67MGB<br>65 AH =
Sprite<br>phone makes it's own choices. Forgive =
typos<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal>On =
Fri, Apr 24, 2020, 2:15 AM &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in =
6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5=
.0pt'><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>=E2=80=9CFlirted=E2=80=9D? To tell the truth, I=E2=80=99d =
never given it much thought but had =E2=80=9Cassumed=E2=80=9D that the =
US had resisted metrification. Don=E2=80=99t I recall that all =
oil-producing kit is Imperial because of US domination in that area? And =
planes=E2=80=A6=E2=80=A6?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>I do know that, when Ted =E2=80=9CThe Grocer=E2=80=9D Heath =
dragged the UK into the Common Market, we were supposed to go Metric. =
There were some hiccups along the way. A pint of beer remains a pint. As =
did a pint of milk whilst milk bottles still existed. =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>EU: =E2=80=9CYou must cease drinking pints forthwith. You =
will obey=E2=80=9D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>UK: =E2=80=9CWon=E2=80=99t. Can=E2=80=99t. =
Shan=E2=80=99t=E2=80=9D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>Etcetc Finally:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>EU: =E2=80=9CYou will =
obey=E2=80=9D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>UK: =E2=80=9COK. We will keep pint glasses (From which we =
will drink proper beer unlike your pallid Europ*ss). We will refer to =
those glasses as =E2=80=9Cpints=E2=80=9D whilst acknowledging that they =
contain<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>568.261ml litres each.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>EU: =E2=80=9CZut, alors. We surrender. Have some =
cheese=E2=80=9D.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>Aren=E2=80=99t we all allowed the occasional =
rant?<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in =
0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span =
lang=3DEN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=3DEN-US> i erbs &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>&gt; <br><b>Sent:</b> 24 April =
2020 02:55<br><b>To:</b> WILLIAM B LAWRENCE &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:ynotink@msn.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">ynotink@msn.com</a>&gt;<br><b>Cc:</b> <a =
href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>; Patrick &amp; =
Caroline Quinn &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au"; =
target=3D"_blank">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>&gt;; Healeys &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; =
target=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: =
[Healeys] Today's Rant</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>When the US flirted with metrifying and production when to =
canada and mexico they made standard threaded bolts with metric heads so =
factories there could use metric tools<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>Ira Erbs<br>Portland,OR<br>59 BN4<br>67MGB<br>65 AH =
Sprite<br>phone makes it's own choices. Forgive =
typos<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 6:17 PM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:ynotink@msn.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">ynotink@msn.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in =
6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5=
.0pt'><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>I think you have it backwards. The original GM design would =
have used the UNC thread pattern with a 9/16=E2=80=9D bolt head. The =
design predated metrification in the US by a few decades. When Rover =
went metric, sometime in the 80s probably, they retained the US standard =
thread pattern while changing to a metric standard bolt head. It would =
probably have been more costly to retool the engine castings to switch =
to a metric thread pattern.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>Bill Lawrence&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>BN1 #554<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><span lang=3DEN-GB><img =
border=3D0 width=3D676 height=3D2 id=3D"Horizontal_x0020_Line_x0020_1" =
src=3D"cid:image001.png@01D61A4A.67FCA140"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div =
id=3D"gmail-m_8352228232194750169m_1653997730557240969m_60374477917729440=
75divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span =
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'color:black'> i erbs &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">eyera3000@gmail.com</a>&gt;<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, =
April 23, 2020 7:13 PM<br><b>To:</b> WILLIAM B LAWRENCE &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:ynotink@msn.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">ynotink@msn.com</a>&gt;<br><b>Cc:</b> <a =
href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a> &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>&gt;; Patrick =
&amp; Caroline Quinn &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au"; =
target=3D"_blank">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>&gt;; Healeys &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; =
target=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: =
[Healeys] Today's Rant</span><span lang=3DEN-GB> =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>Gm did that to rationalize tools as you say, but save money =
on not converting thread and pitch to metric. I had a 87 Olds with that =
exact situation. But also standards bolts heads too in some =
areas.&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>Ira Erbs<br>Portland,OR<br>59 BN4<br>67MGB<br>65 AH =
Sprite<br>phone makes it's own choices. Forgive =
typos<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>On Thu, Apr 23, 2020, 11:39 AM WILLIAM B LAWRENCE &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:ynotink@msn.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">ynotink@msn.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote =
style=3D'border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in =
6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5=
.0pt'><div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>In the midst of my =
recent Rover V8 rebuild I was surprised to discover that while all of =
the fasteners used metric wrench sizes many in the short block used the =
UNC thread type ie: a 3/8&quot; coarse bolt with a 13 mm head. I assume =
that Rover simply continued the UNC pattern of the original GM castings =
and changed the head size to simplify tool inventory.</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>Bill =
Lawrence</span><span lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'font-size:12.0pt;color:black'>BN1 #554</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
align=3Dcenter style=3D'text-align:center'><span lang=3DEN-GB><img =
border=3D0 width=3D670 height=3D2 id=3D"Horizontal_x0020_Line_x0020_2" =
src=3D"cid:image002.png@01D61A4A.67FCA140"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div =
id=3D"gmail-m_8352228232194750169m_1653997730557240969m_60374477917729440=
75x_m_2173325284267159273divRplyFwdMsg"><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><b><span =
lang=3DEN-GB style=3D'color:black'>From:</span></b><span lang=3DEN-GB =
style=3D'color:black'> Healeys &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; =
target=3D"_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>&gt; on behalf of <a =
href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a> &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">simon.lachlan@alexarevel.plus.com</a>&gt;<br><b>Sent:</=
b> Thursday, April 23, 2020 12:20 AM<br><b>To:</b> 'Patrick &amp; =
Caroline Quinn' &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:p_cquinn@tpg.com.au"; =
target=3D"_blank">p_cquinn@tpg.com.au</a>&gt;<br><b>Cc:</b> 'Healeys' =
&lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; =
target=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: =
[Healeys] Today's Rant</span><span lang=3DEN-GB> =
<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=3DMsoNormal =
style=3D'mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><div><p><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>I have a vague memory of what we called =
=E2=80=9CTransitional Rovers=E2=80=9D ie a mix of Imperial and Metric. =
All =C2=BE tonner long wheel-base. All UK based. They may have been =
peculiar to the army.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=3DEN-GB>Glad I =
wasn=E2=80=99t in REME=E2=80=A6..they had to maintain =
them.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>Simon<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in =
0in 0in'><p><b><span lang=3DEN-US>From:</span></b><span lang=3DEN-US> =
Healeys &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; =
target=3D"_blank">healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>&gt; <b>On Behalf Of =
</b>Patrick &amp; Caroline Quinn<br><b>Sent:</b> 23 April 2020 =
00:23<br><b>To:</b> 'David Nock' &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:healeydoc@gmail.com"; =
target=3D"_blank">healeydoc@gmail.com</a>&gt;; 'Michael MacLean' &lt;<a =
href=3D"mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net"; =
target=3D"_blank">rrengineer.mike@att.net</a>&gt;<br><b>Cc:</b> =
'Healeys' &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"; =
target=3D"_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>&gt;<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: =
[Healeys] Today's Rant</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p><span =
lang=3DEN-GB>&nbsp;<o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
lang=3DEN-AU>G=E2=80=99day</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
lang=3DEN-AU>&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=3DEN-AU>Not long after =
I bought my first 100 back in 1972 I turned 21 and one of the birthday =
gifts I received was a set of BSF spanners and sockets. I still have =
them.</span><span lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
lang=3DEN-AU>&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=3DEN-AU>Now I have =
three sets of tools. BSF for the Healey Saloon. AF for the 100 BN3 and =
metric for the Hilux, Mercedes and around the house. There are many =
variations of each for specific purposes.</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
lang=3DEN-AU>&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=3DEN-AU>Hoo =
Roo</span><span lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
lang=3DEN-AU>&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=3DEN-AU>Patrick =
Quinn</span><span lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
lang=3DEN-AU>Blue Mountains, Australia</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span =
lang=3DEN-AU>&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div =
style=3D'border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in =
0in 0in'><p><b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span>=
</b><span lang=3DEN-US =
style=3D'font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Healeys =
[<a href=3D"mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"; =
target=3D"_blank">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On =
Behalf Of </b>David Nock<br><b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, 22 April 2020 11:59 =
PM<br><b>To:</b> Michael MacLean<br><b>Cc:</b> =
Healeys<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Today's Rant</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p><span =
lang=3DEN-AU>&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><p><span lang=3DEN-AU>All the threads =
on the 100/4 engine are BSF not Whitworth.&nbsp; Whitworth is a coarse =
thread.&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p><span lang=3DEN-AU>However =
the wrench sizes are interchangeable. They are one size apart from each =
other.&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span =
lang=3DEN-AU>&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p =
style=3D'margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span lang=3DEN-AU>The threads on the =
small plate are 1/4 bsf and the gen bracket is 5/16 bsf. Also look close =
there are some of the studs that go thru into the cooling =
system.&nbsp;</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p><span lang=3DEN-AU>David =
Nock</span><span lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p><span =
lang=3DEN-AU>&nbsp;</span><span =
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10:18 PM, Michael MacLean &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rrengineer.mike@att.net"; =
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style=3D'font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>=EF=BB=BF</span><span =
lang=3DEN-GB><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p><span lang=3DEN-AU>So, I =
am getting ready to install the head on my 100 short block.&nbsp; Made =
sure all the intake valves have the new seals I bought from British Car =
Specialists plus the new set of springs I already had for the =
valves.&nbsp; The two mating surfaces were cleaned with a white (finest =
grit) Roloc brush.&nbsp; I have the correct head gasket (copper faced). =
&nbsp; Tonight was the night to torque the head down to the block.&nbsp; =
My surprise, for some stupid reason I only ordered 8 new head =
nuts.&nbsp; I managed to order the correct amount of washer for the =
head.&nbsp; No idea what my pea brain was thinking.&nbsp; Also found out =
the head nuts are Whitworth (3/8&quot;)&nbsp; size.&nbsp; I have a =
Whitworth socket set, so tragedy averted there.&nbsp; I seem to remember =
someone talking about the water jacket blanking plate earlier this =
week.&nbsp; That made me look at the front of my block.&nbsp; Three =
studs and an empty hole.&nbsp; No cover.&nbsp; I managed to find two =
blanking covers in my stash of parts and a gasket in my gasket =
set.&nbsp; Woohoo, but no nuts or lock washers.&nbsp; Can someone tell =
me if these little nuts that I do not have are Whitworth nuts.&nbsp; If =
so, what size?&nbsp; I have a generator bracket, but there are no =
threaded studs for the block or nuts to mount it with.&nbsp; Once again, =
Whitworth?&nbsp; The closer I get to putting this together the more =
stuff I find out I don't have.</span><span =
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