[Healeys] BN1/2 Boot Floor Holes

[Bob Spidell]

On a BN2 the fuel lines are also retained by the 'hairpin' style clips, though they're slightly different than the brake 
line clips.  BCS is the only place I know of that has the correct fuel line clips (the Moss ones are too flimsy last I 
tried them).  The brake line clips run front-to-back on the passenger side (LHD) , and the fuel line clips are on the 
driver side.  In both cases the holes are usually a half-inch to an inch from the bottom of the frame rails.  For both, 
the holes should be a clean, smooth drill hole, about a quarter-inch in diameter.

The wire harness clips have holes along the bottom of the frame rail along the driver side.  The holes are for sheet 
metal screws and if you scrape the paint off and look very closely you sometimes see where the threads were cut.

The '750-mile' BN2 that has generated so much, uh, interest on the List has some photos of a BN2 underside that might 
help.  As far as I can tell, with my layman's knowledge, the lines and harness are in the correct places.

I don't think it would be possible to seal up the chassis frame rails completely.  Your best bet is to fog some rust 
preventative inside (I've used LPS3; Waxoyl might work too).  Some of the old tube-and-fabric aircraft like the Piper 
Cub had linseed oil inside the frame tubes for corrosion prevention.

Later cars, like my BJ8, had about a half-dozen holes about 3/8" diameter at various places on the chassis rails.  These 
were probably tooling/jig holes and were plugged with rubber plugs.   They're just large enough to get the nozzle of an 
undercoating gun through, which I use to fog LPS3 inside the rails.

The holes in the boot are probably tooling holes (thanks to all who responded).  If my car had them I'd probably try to 
plug them with rubber plugs like on the BJ8 chassis (Moss carries those, now, and Steele Rubber has all sizes and shapes 
of plugs).

Bob




On 6/18/2011 6:05 AM, Tracy Drummond wrote:
> Probably break line retainer clip holes.  I bet Dave Nock has photos.  My
> BT7 has them down the frame rails and also on the front cross member where
> the lines cross over under the radiator area.  If you saved your break lines
> you can hold them up to the frame and follow the routes verifying them to be
> in fact for retaining break lines.
>
> Warm Regards,
>
> Tracy Drummond
>
>
> Speaking of holes, I am getting the final welding repair done to my BN2
> frame and have noticed numerous holes in the square tubing frame members.
> How do I know what holes are supposed to be there, if any and which are not?
> I am talking about holes that look like they are drilled flush with the face
> of the metal.  Obviously, holes with threads and/or bosses that look to be
> original are easier to determine.  I don't want to leave any place for the
> tin worms to enter if possible.  Or, am I worrying for nothing?
> Mike MacLean
> 56 BN2
> 60 AN5

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