[Healeys] Accessing lower bolt on starter motor.

[John Sims]

Or I could just make a recording of what comes out of my mouth the next time
I have the car up on stands, it is 40 degrees, my arthritic thumbs are
cramping up and I just dropped another nut after snaking my hand up into a
space that is too tight even for my 10 year old grandson to get his fingers
into. I will repeat it again, I firmly believe that the positions that you
have to get into and the difficulty of reaching some of these spots to make
repairs are the Brits revenge for losing the Revolutionary War.

But, photos will be included! As an aside, I bought a thingy from Griots
Garage that slips over your finger that has a magnet in it at the tip. Makes
it a lot easier to hold a washer or nut to put it into a bolt on a cramped
space.

John Sims, BN6
Aberdeen, NJ
 
http://www.healey6.com


-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of Jim Lesher
Sent: Tuesday, August 02, 2011 8:28 PM
To: e-wilkins at cox.net
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Accessing lower bolt on starter motor.

Not only an article. but also photos to go with it

jim


> Date: Tue, 2 Aug 2011 16:28:36 -0700
> From: e-wilkins at cox.net
> CC: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Accessing lower bolt on starter motor.
>
> When I saw that John Sims was responding to this thread, I fully
> expected
the message to say "I have an article about this bolt on my website in the
technical section..."
>
> Wilko
>
> ---- John Sims <ahbn6 at verizon.net> wrote:
> > My wife rates the difficulty (and necessity) of the work by the
assortment
> > of extremely off color words that are used. Wouldn't be fun if
> > things
were
> > easy.
> >
> > John Sims, BN6
> > Aberdeen, NJ
> >
> > http://www.healey6.com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net
[mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of John & Kerry rowe
> > Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 11:09 AM
> > To: 'Derek Job'
> > Cc: Healey List
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] Accessing lower bolt on starter motor.
> >
> > Derek
> > I did this 2 weeks ago. Took about 2-3 hours with lots of swearing etc.
Had
> > to put the bolt from the rear with a narrower nut in the front.Took
> > a bit
of
> > fiddling to get the nut started. Used an open end spanner on the nut
> > and
a
> > ratchet socket on the bolt (Put spring washer on bolt end and used
Loctite
> > and will have to keep an eye on it. I used about a 2" extension on
> > the socket. In retrospect, I should have removed the slave cylinder.
> > I also
had
> > to remove the modified oil filter.
> > Ps you also need thin fingers)
> > But in the end it was well worth it!!
> >
> > John Rowe Qld Australia
> >
> > BN1 BT7