[Healeys] BJ8 extra wires

[Phil Jarrett]

Hello Michael
Thanks for the response,
It has been confirmed 1 horn on each side with the triangle bracket on each
horn
Phil

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On 2013-04-15, at 17:33, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Phil,
> I'm so glad you asked. It is one of the great mysteries of life..
> In the BJ7 /  BJ8 parts book in the electrical section the horns are listed.
I've attached a photo of the page but it won't show up on the "list".
> Prior to the BJ8 (H BJ8 25315) only one bracket 57H5309 is listed. This is
the triangular bracket that attaches to the shroud support with 2 screws and
to the center of the horn with one.
> After the introduction of the BJ8 the quantity of that bracket increases to
2.
> Now just how the second horn was mounted on the BJ7 I really have no idea,
but I can assure you that I have seen several original BJ7s with the horns on
opposite sides of the engine compartment.
> I suspect that the larger carburetors of the BJ8 pushed the air cleaner back
into the position where the right hand horn was located on the BJ7 requiring
that it be moved to the other side for the BJ8.
> I think that section of the parts book was done by "the new boy" as they
also failed to put in the illustration number (15) which you can see we have
written in by hand .
>
> Michael S
>
>
>
>
> On Sun, Apr 14, 2013 at 8:35 AM, Phil Jarrett <pjarrett14 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can you please confirm that
>> All BJ7's had one horn on each side of the eng bay
>> Thxs Phil
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On 2013-04-13, at 12:19, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> > My guess would be that there is some confusion over the harness that has
>> > been used because earlier cars e.g. BJ7 had the same horns as a BJ8 but
>> > they were mounted one each side of the engine compartment.
>> >
>> > Michael S
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Apr 13, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Richard Kahn
<tahoehealey at hotmail.com>wrote:
>> >
>> >> There are three purple wires (one with black stripe )hanging from the
wire
>> >> harness (not original, PO installed as they are not cloth wrapped)
forward
>> >> of
>> >> the front carb. They each have flat female connectors. I've paid no
>> >> attention
>> >> to them for the last 11 years because everything works. I cannot find
them
>> >> on
>> >> any wiring diagram. They only became important last week when I got a
spark
>> >> when cleaning the engine compartment. I shrink rapped them to prevent
>> >> shorts
>> >> but now I wounder what they were for. They match the wire to the the
horns
>> >> but
>> >> are on the wrong side of the bay. They could fit to the flasher relay
>> >> judging
>> >> by the length of the wires. Any Ideas what they might be for?
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