[Healeys] Road side failures.

[Mr. Bill]

Great idea for a tech session, David, and I will not miss it.  I do hope 
you're planning on hand-outs.  I won't waste bandwidth repeating what 
others have said, but here's three new ones that I've had:

Circa 1976, rubber grommet and insulation of battery hot wire wore 
through in the hole of the vertical panel in front of the battery 
(BT7).  Result:  A direct short killing everything and filling the boot 
with every last bit of Lucas smoke.  Electrical tape fix.

2002 Lake Tahoe, BN1.  Pot metal vacuum advance unit broke away from the 
dizzy causing the advance to continuously vary "from A to Z."  Coat 
hanger holding the diaphragm to the dizzy body fix.

Mechanical 100 weak spot, "S" clutch linkage broke.  Cal. Healey Week, 
Big Bear, CA, 2006 .  Several AHA members carried spares.  Now I do as well.

Someone else mentioned blowing two teeth off 2nd in a BN1 3-speed, 
BTDT.  I drove several hundred miles after that on 1st & 3rd + OD before 
having a chance to get it fixed.  (I have a killer scan of it if anybody 
would like a good laugh, or cry as the case may be!)

Bill Barnett
'53 BN1 #663

PS:  The results of my insurance research will be posted to the List as 
soon as I actually have the new policy in my hands.  Stay tuned.  Same 
Bat time, same Bat channel, for those old enough to remember that craze!