[Healeys] 1959 BN6

[Bob Haskell]

Curt,

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by "At the base of the distributor 
housing, on the top side", so here are two answers:
1) There's a lubricator that threads into the aluminum distributor body. 
  It's filled with grease and every so often the knob is given a turn to 
push some grease to lubricate the shaft.

2) There's an oil pipe that goes from the engine block to the cast iron 
base the distributor sets in.

The tach drive threads appear to be British Standard Brass - 7/8" 26tpi.

Will have to do some more digging for the brakes. According to the 
Girling 200 catalog I have, the brake and clutch master cylinders are 
the same (5/8" bore).  The rear wheel cylinders were 1" for 58-59 and 
3/4" 59 on.  But that may be disc versus wire wheels. Or?

Cheers,

Bob Haskell
AHCA 3000 Mk I registrar
http://www.ciahc.org/registry_3000mk1.php

On 02/24/2014 08:00 PM, Curtis Arndt wrote:
> Hey List,
>
> I have a friend restoring a '59 BN6 and I have several questions.
>
> At the base of the distributor housing, on the top side, there is a
> threaded hole for either a grease fitting, oil line  or oiling port.  My
> friend has it plugged right now and we're trying to figure out what was
> original.
>
> Second, the tach drive input at the base of the distributor drive is
> slightly too large for the MOSS tach cable that we ordered, and the strange
> thing is that the new cable seems to have the same size end  as the old
> cable that came with the car?  Is there something he's missing when
> ordering the drive cable?
>
> Finally the brakes, he just can't get consistent pedal pressure, so what is
> the wheel cylinder bore size (wire wheel car) 1' or 7/8"?  What master
> cylinder should be used, and what is it's bore size?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Curt
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