[Healeys] hot feet in a Healey

[Norman Nock]

There is a foam ring behind the hand brake ratchet , see factory parts book or page 4 in our RARE PARTS catalog , you can down load it  off our web 

"Hot feet in a Healey" is my tech article in Healey Highlights April 1986
or page 105 in my  Tech Talk book.. How to stop hot air into your Healey 
         Norman Nock


--- On Tue, 7/29/08, Peter Schauss <schauss at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> From: Peter Schauss <schauss at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Heat Insulation
> To: Healeys at autox.team.net
> Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2008, 7:14 PM
> While we are on the subject of insulation, what suggestions
> do all of you
> have for the blast of hot air which comes from around the
> handbrake, and the
> shift lever boot and the fact that you could fry an egg on
> my ash tray?
> 
> The guy I bought my car did a sufficiently good job of
> insulating the fire
> wall, cockpit floor, and the gearbox tunnel that my feet do
> not get
> unbearably hot.  There is, however, a serious blast of hot
> air coming from
> around the base of the hand brake.  Although there are no
> cracks in the
> shift lever boot, and it seems to seal well around the
> shift lever and the
> opening in the tunnel I do feel a good bit of heat coming
> from that spot.
> Then there is the ash tray....
> 
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> 
> Peter Schauss
> 1963 BJ7
> 1980 MGB