[Healeys] Cam shoe rod sticking

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Mon Nov 21 17:41:44 MST 2011


Bob Johnson, Steve Byers and David Porter:
Last Saturday, 19 Nov., the Tampa Bay Austin Healey Club had a Tech Session
at Paul Tsikuiss shop, Tsikuiss Classics, Lakeland Florida. Paul is a
charter member of our club and has been restoring cars for 31 years.
Our tech session was about carburetors.
 Paul asked the BJ8 owners if they had to place one hand on the dash before
pulling the choke cable, and if we had return springs installed. Of course
we all answered that we did. He showed us why that is.
There is a leather piece that the cam sits on and when it is new it rotates,
but after years of heat and cold, water and oil and whatever, it becomes
hard and the cam cannot rotate on it, so consequently the choke lever does
not return to it resting place without the help of a spring. What Paul did
to correct that problem was to: 1. Remove the brass cam shaft and polish it
2. Remove the leather piece and install a piece of brass tubing, he used an
old throttle shaft cut to fit the opening and secured it with a nail, head
on one side and peened on the other. If you dont have a throttle shaft I
believe he said a 5/16 brass tube cut to size would work. Each of us got to
hold the carb he had set up and it worked perfectly, no springs will be
needed. Also, when he reinserted the cam shaft he lubricated it with
Dri-Slide. This is graphite in a liquid that once applied, the liquid
evaporates and the graphite stays, and no dirt will stick to it. This
Dri-Slide can be bought at gun shops. I hope I explained it well enough
because I am going to do it myself and I plan to do mine in the near future.
Also, Paul showed us Nash Healey #1 that he had just finished restoring and
it was magnificent.

Mel Brunet
HBJ8L/39749
Land O Lakes, FL

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