[Healeys] BJ8 Gearbox Removal

[Chris Dimmock]

As everyone else said, pretty much same as all other Healeys, except Sprites.
Sheer luxury that you can remove the gearbox without having to remove the
engine - which you have to do in a spridget!!
And I'd factor in new gearbox mount rubbers, which will be those oil soaked
black blobs you'll find under the gearbox, and on a BJ8, the nylon bush under
the gear stick. That nylon bush makes a huge difference to driving.
Oh, and don't forget to drain the gearbox oil BEFORE you remove the
tailshaft...... Or factor in new carpets... :-)
Best
Chris

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> On 13 Jan 2014, at 11:26 am, "Patrick & Caroline Quinn"
<p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:
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> G'day
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> I am about to do something that in 42 years of Austin-Healey ownership I
> have managed to avoid.
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> That's the removal of a BJ8 gearbox.
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> I have removed many a BN1 box and have lost count of the number of times I
> have removed and refitted the gearbox (100S + OD) in the BN3 and have even
> removed a gearbox in a real Healey, but never one from a BJ8.
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> Please tell me that apart from the console and other modern (?) stuff there
> isn't much of a difference?
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> Hoo Roo
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> Patrick Quinn
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> Blue Mountains, Australia
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