[Healeys] Northern Hemisphere Lucas Demons

[I Erbs]

Sounds like quite a dream . What really happened when you woke up?

Mr. Ira Erbs
On Jun 3, 2015 8:16 PM, "J. Armour" <sebring3000 at bigpond.com> wrote:

> Down –Under in the land of OZ I purchased my first BN.4 in 1966 and drove
> it every day. Sold it for a home deposit, purchased another BN.4 and drove
> it every day.Then went crazy and purchased a car that had been hammered
> around Sebring for 12 hours and not having learnt my lessonI purchased
> another Healey that did three LeMans 24 hour and two Sebring 12 hour races
> all fitted with Lucas stuff and they have never stopped. What is going on?
> Maybe it is time to identify the reliable repair / retailer outlets ( and
> there are many about from the input I see on the list ) and pay the price
> they have learnt from experience to select the better product.
> On another occasion I was tuning the BN.4 and it only had 4 spark plugs in
> the head. I was lazy and turned the engine on the starter to check the
> valve clearance and bless my soul the old Lucas and SU system started the
> engine with two cylinders pumping air and unburnt fuel
> When I purchased the second BN.4 it had been freshly serviced by the not
> so well informed ex-owner working at a service station. Two weeks later the
> car had been performing well but then would not start. It turned out the
> good old Lucas system had fried the two stroke lawn mower spark plugs the
> before mentioned service station attendant had fitted!
>
> I even drove a the 3000 home 90 km with the rotor button held together
> with a piece of electrial tape.  Good old reliable Joseph Lucas.
>
> Joe
>
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