[Healeys] BJ7 Cam

[Simon Lachlan]

Yes, that's what I did.
My previous reference to the grille was confusing at best, wrong as it read
on paper. Having recently suffered the joys of replacing the oval grille
surround I was thinking of that wretched thing. In fact, once the radiator
is out the vertical grille portion comes out reasonably(!?) easily. The
whole camshaft job is slow and fairly protracted but nothing too complex.
I'd not done it before so I took my BMC manual and went through the various
sections and listed the relevant paragraphs in numerical order, simply
progressing from section to section/job to job until it was out and thence
replaced. (No chance of a regrind in my case!)
Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: healeys-bounces at autox.team.net [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net]
On Behalf Of richard mayor
Sent: 25 September 2011 22:47
To: pieters at pt.lu; healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ7 Cam

Yes, it is possible, but it is not fun. I have done it in the middle of a
race
weekend when I had the energy to work through the night, with no sleep,
and....
........If your engine has more than 20 thousand miles on it, I suggest you
pull it
out and do a complete freshen up and change the camshaft at the same time.

Richard Mayor
BN7L-466  Vintage Racer
Portland, Oregon


> From: pieters at pt.lu
> Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 17:43:32 +0200
> To: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: [Healeys] BJ7 Cam
>
> Hi All,
>  Can anybody tell me if it is possible to change the camshaft in a BJ7
without
> pulling the motor out of the car?
> cheers