[Healeys] Extra choke lever on HD8s...What is this?

[Graeme Molony]

Earl - Richard,

I'm not sure what they are but they are definitely not Jaguar HD8's. I 
bought a set of Jaguar HD8's to use on one of my cars a few years back and 
they had the straight bodies
I had them converted by a local SU guru (who is no longer with us 
unfortunately) to the inclined BJ8 bowls. Still sitting on the garage shelf 
untouched.

Cheers

Graeme  Molony
Mt Martha Aust
BJ8

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Earl Kagna" <kags at shaw.ca>
To: "richard mayor" <mayorrichard at hotmail.com>
Cc: "Healey List" <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 3:08 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Extra choke lever on HD8s...What is this?


> Richard - any idea what the carb numbers are - are either of the number 
> tags still present?  I have an old SU carb application book - if you have 
> the numbers, I can probably identify them.  They're probably from a Jag, 
> but as far as I can remember, the jag HD8's were all 'straight up' bodies.
>
> Earl Kagna
> Victoria, B.C.
> BJ8, BT7 tri-carb
>
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: richard mayor
> Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 9:48 AM
> To: Alan Seigrist
> Cc: healeys
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Extra choke lever on HD8s...What is this?
>
> 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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