[Healeys] Extra choke lever on HD8s...What is this?
richard mayor
mayorrichard at hotmail.com
Sun Apr 20 10:48:16 MDT 2014
I don't think they are from a Rover. They have the tilted float bowls for a
Healey. Rover used the straight up float bowls. And I know the bowls are not
from an HD6 because a couple of years ago I tried to convert a pair of Rover
HD8s using HD6 bowls and it doesn't work.
Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:14:01 +0700
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Extra choke lever on HD8s...What is this?
From: healey.nut at gmail.com
To: mayorrichard at hotmail.com
CC: healeys at autox.team.net
Whatever it is, it's not from a BJ8 so make sure you replace the needles and
dash pot springs accordingly. Also check pistons that they aren't weighted,
rovers used heavy pistons so just because they are HD8s doesn't make them
appropriate for the Healey. I suspect these are out of a Jag e-type or 420 of
some sort, if so then they should be okay with new springs and needles.
Alan
On Sunday, April 20, 2014, richard mayor <mayorrichard at hotmail.com> wrote:
I recently bought a pair of HD8s for an Austin Healey on eBay. Each one has
an extra choke lever on the bottom just like the HD6 carb s from earlier
3000s. I'm not complaining. I connected the two levers with a rod and clevis
just like the earlier cars. I will use a single choke cable, and I will
locate the pull under the windshield wiper motor mounting bracket. The
cable
will loop over an around to the front of the inner fender and point directly
back to the front carb. It is a very clean installation, and out of sight.
I
like this a lot more than the two cables coming off the firewall that the
BJ8s
have.
Does anyone know anything about this type of HD8 that has extra choke levers
on the lower side?
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