[Healeys] off by 3/16"

[John Vrugtman]

Both my BJ8s, 64 and 66, have the two circlips and fit without a problem.

John

On 7/25/2010 12:22 AM, Len and/or Marge Hartnett wrote:
> Don Day has a problem with his throttle linkage.  He said he installed 
> the throttle shaft into the fire wall and then into the throttle 
> bracket that mounts to the intake manifold.  His problem was the holes 
> don't line up with holes in the intake manifold.  They were off by 
> 3/16".  After contacting him and clarifying his problem, I found that 
> the throttle linkages on our BJ8s are different.  On his car, 
> BJ8L42122, the throttle shaft is retained in the nylon bracket/bearing 
> by two circlips to control fore and aft movement. This is preventing 
> him from matching the holes in the nylon bracket and/or the bracket 
> bolted to the manifold.
>
> My BJ8, HBJ8L39031, has only one circlip which is on the end of the 
> shaft although there are two grooves in the shaft.  On the other side 
> of the nylon bracket is a spacer about an inch long that is between 
> the nylon bracket and the lever that connects the control rod to the 
> carburetors thus preventing fore and aft movement.  I suggested that 
> replacing the rearward circlip with an appropriate length spacer would 
> give him the adjustment that he needed to move the nylon bracket  back 
> 3/16".
>
> Moss shows the two circlips in their catalog - no spacer.  Do I have 
> an an odd  ball installation or was there a change in design during 
> production? Does anyone else have the spacer on their BJ8?
>
> (The Other) Len
> Vacaville, CA, USA
> 1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031