[Healeys] BN1 Starter Solenoid Mount

[John Harper]

Mike

I don't believe that this is the answer. The mod to remove the third lug
was I believe later than when your car was made. In any case it is about
10" away

The clue might be in the pattern left less rusted by the base of the
switch. It is not quite the shape or orientation that I would have expected
from an original solenoid.

On 12 December 2016 at 15:50, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi John,
> I am pretty positive that the plate is original to the car...unfortunately
> the solenoid was missing when I got the car so I really don't know if it
> was perhaps fitted the other way around.
> One thing that has just occurred to me is that my car, body #174, was one
> of the very early cars that had the extra lug on the bell housing for a 3
> bolt starter as can be seen in this picture from the parts book.
> [image: Inline image 1]
> The car is in storage at the moment but I will go and take a look later
> this week to see if the extra width of the bell housing necessitated that
> the solenoid be re-positioned.
> Michael S
>
> On Mon, Dec 12, 2016 at 4:35 AM, John Harper <ah100register at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Michael
>>
>> I have never seen or heard of this before: but that does ot prove
>> anything. Could it be that a non standard starter solenoid had been fitted
>> in the past and was not the same shape as the original?
>>
>> I can think of no other reason why there would be a reason for fitting
>> the solenoid further forward.
>>
>> Having said that it could be that the solenoid was fitted the other way
>> around with the hand button more accessible but if so then the original
>> bracket would have been made larger in the first place.
>>
>> Best regards
>>
>> On 11 December 2016 at 20:44, Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> The BN1 that I'm currently restoring is 500 odd body numbers later than
>>> my own.
>>> On my car the original cast aluminium starter solenoid is mounted on a
>>> plate which is in turn mounted onto the bracket welded to the firewall as
>>> in this picture viewed with the solenoid removed.
>>> [image: Inline image 2]
>>>
>>> The "supplementary" plate is missing from the car that I'm presently
>>> working on Body #793.
>>> I am unsure if this mounting plate had been dispensed with by the time
>>> this car was assembled or if it is just missing from this car.
>>> Anyone out there know if or when this was discontinued?
>>> Thanks,
>>> Michael S
>>>
>>>
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>>
>> --
>> Best wishes
>>
>> John Harper
>>
>> AHC UK 100 Register Secretary
>>
>
>
>
> --
> *If you can't fix it with a hammer, you've got an electrical problem.*
>
>


-- 
Best wishes

John Harper

AHC UK 100 Register Secretary
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