[Healeys] Cam shoe rod sticking

[John Sims]

If you send to me I will post on my site.

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 Bob Spidell
Sent: Monday, November 21, 2011 8:06 PM
To: edic at tampabay.rr.com
Cc: Healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Cam shoe rod sticking

Sure would like to see some photos ... I can't visualize where the leather
goes.

Bob


On 11/21/2011 4:41 PM, edic at tampabay.rr.com wrote:
> 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