[Healeys] Off the Gauge

[Alan Seigrist]

Patrick -

I would highly recommend that you double triple quadruple bazzillion check
that the gearbox tie rod buffers have not gone soft like your grandmother's
wits if not completely rotted away... there's not much space there and if
you hit the brakes hard enough, or are heading downhill in low gear with
your plasti-fan in maximum whirr-mode, the blades can pull forward enough
to touch the radiator.  HK is quite hilly so this is a constant concern for
me.

Best,

Alan


On Mon, Mar 17, 2014 at 3:39 PM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn <
p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:

> G'day
>
>
>
> Yesterday while out in our newly acquired BJ8 the radiator developed a leak
> which in turn allowed the water temp needle to reach previously unheard of
> heights.
>
>
>
> Unfortunately I was 50K from home, but after waiting for it to cool it
> started and ran perfectly happily. I managed to find a number of discarded
> drink bottles in the lay-by and eventually limped home. Later I removed the
> radiator which I must admit was a piece of cake after dealing with the
> radiator from the BN3. So what caused the never previously seen before hole
> in the radiator?
>
>
>
> The car is fitted with one of those 5 bladed plastic fans, but one of the
> four bolts holding it in place was three-quarters undone, one was just
> finger tight and the other two not much more.
>
>
>
> Methinks that while I was enjoying myself going through the gears the fan
> wobbled and flexed so much that a blade hit the tubes and decapitated two
> of
> them.
>
>
>
> Any comments would be appreciated please.
>
>
>
> Hoo Roo
>
>
>
> Patrick Quinn
>
> Blue Mountains, Australia
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