[Healeys] Block of wood in trunk??

[Rich C]

Hi Bill,

It seems that part way through the BJ8's they fitted a different battery 
which was narrower than previous. Therefore instead of the usual wood block 
about 7/8" thick, they introduced a much thicker block to take up the width 
difference. You seem to have one.
Regardless, here are pictures of the location of the block on an earlier 
BJ8, the holes being in the same place as yours would be. The holes average 
about 4" above the brackets where the battery tray will sit. However they 
are not parallel with the brackets, the forward one being about 3 3/4" above 
where thee tray sits and the rear one being about 4 1/4" above the rear 
bracket. So it seems they weren't that exacting about it.

Hope this helps,

Rich Chrysler

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Sent: Thursday, August 21, 2008 11:23 PM
Subject: [Healeys] Block of wood in trunk??


> Hi All,
>
> I'm in the process of redoing my BJ8 trunk as part of the  restoration.  I
> have three blocks of wood; two the same size which are  vinyl covered and 
> fit on
> the left side wall and front wall of the boot for the  spare tire.  I also
> have a third which is about 12" long and about 2" X 3"  in dimension.  It 
> has
> three Forstner cut holes with "T" nuts and 1/4 X 28  bolts.  I think I 
> remember
> taking this off the car from around the battery,  but none of my 
> neighboring
> BJ8s have this block of wood.  My inner  fenders are new and there are no 
> holes
> drilled to clue me.  I can't find  this referenced anywhere.  Your help
> please, and thank you.
>
> Bill Schumann  BJ8 38046

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