[Healeys] Question for Shop Owners / Restorers Only - OD ThrottleSwitch

[Brashear, Jack, N]

G'morning Alan.  I do mechanical restoration of Healeys for a few local
friends and customers.  So for me, the correct answer has always been
Owner's Choice.  I bought my tricarb early in 1963 and bypassed that
switch long ago and drove that way for many years before installing the
5-speed.  Just a simple flip of the dash toggle switch ON or OFF was all
I needed to do.  I'd just hate for the newbie owner to be influenced by
someone else without knowing both sides of the issue.  Maybe the new guy
leans toward the purist school in which case he'd demand using the OD
throttle switch.  Or...maybe he'll come over to the dark side...??
Jack

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On Behalf Of Alan Seigrist
Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:42 AM
To: Healey
Subject: [Healeys] Question for Shop Owners / Restorers Only - OD
ThrottleSwitch

Hi Guys -

I've gotten into a bit of an unsolicited pissing match with a British
car
mechanic off list and I'd like to get your opinion.  He contacted me, I
don't know anything about him.

He has a client on this list who is relatively new to Healeys and his
client
has quizzed him about the non-functioning OD throttle switch on his
Healey
after reading this list.

Without getting into the whole business of who said what to whom, these
are
the opinions:

   - Me - In my opinion, I counseled the mechanic that he should fix the
OD
   throttle switch because it's relatively cheap and easy to fix, and
adds to
   the total driving experience of a Healey.  I figure if the new Healey
owner
   doesn't know that much about Healeys, he would probably want the
switch
   working if he knew what it did.  Plus I just think its easy enough to
fix
   and makes the car more fun to drive.


   - The Mechanic in Question - In his opinion he feels that the OD
throttle
   switch is "troublesome" and wasn't put on Triumphs or Jags that use
the same
   OD.  He figures if they didn't put this switch on a Jaguar, it's
pointless
   to try to get the switch to work on a Healey and it's better to just
bypass
   the OD throttle switch altogether and avoid the whole thing - switch
on and
   switch off is good enough.

What say all of you professional mechanics & restoreres out there?  Am I
right or is he right?

Alan

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