[Healeys] Starting a BJ8

[Gil Rockwell]

I’d be careful doing this, I can’t imagine what the dust bag would look like filled with oil as surely would occur with the pickup tube immersed into the oil.  Remove the pickup tube and then you could draw a light vacuum on the jar assuming you closed off the spray port or perhaps the vacuum can’t pull hard enough to draw the oil out of the jar, don’t know, it would depend on the vacuum.  You could achieve the same by using a modern day kitchen vacuum bag appliance, just use a small vacuum bag with the bearing and oil in the bag and operate the unit. They draw a pretty good vacuum and would likely create far less mess than having oil sucked into your vacuum cleaner. Just my 2₵ or pence…..

 

Gil 

 

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Chris Dimmock
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 11:18 PM
To: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE
Cc: healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Starting a BJ8

 

Yes, on the exhaust side to paint a car, but on the vacuum side when modified to become a vacuum oil impregnation chamber.

As far as oilite bearings being pre oiled, they probably were. 

But every NOS Lucas bearing for distributors/ starter motors etc I've put in the vacuum thingie I modified, have bubbled under vacuum. Indicating extraction of air, and impregnation of oil. So maybe after 50 or 60 years, the factory oil is no longer there..... maybe a warranty claim is in order!

:-)

Chris


On 24 Dec. 2016, at 2:24 pm, WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <YNOTINK at msn.com> wrote:

To be attached to the exhaust side of the vacuum cleaner I assume.

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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com>
Sent: Friday, December 23, 2016 9:45:19 PM
To: Bob Spidell
Cc: healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Starting a BJ8 

 

Here's a pic, and an explanation Bob!

http://www.20thcenturysalvation.com.au/early-spray-gun-attachment-for-hoover-vacuum-cleaners-maroon-bakelite-top



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On 24 Dec. 2016, at 5:44 am, Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:

Thanks for the explanation.  Now, if I could just figure out what an 'old vacuum cleaner spray gun' is I can die happy ;)

 


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For those outside the orbit of British materials, Araldite is a quite
good epoxy patching material.  In the US JB Weld is a good substitute
although it takes longer to harden.  Probably the quick version would
do fine in this situation.

 

Araldite is very widely available.  I got some a few years back in an
almost invisible shop on the island of Iona, Scotland.  It worked.

 

-Roland

 

On Fri, 23 Dec 2016 18:20:52 +1100, you wrote:

 

>I've found the best way to oil any "oilite" sintered bronze bush is to find an old vacuum cleaner spray gun. 
>The "spray gun" is usually a glass jar, with a Bakelite top. Araldite the vent holes up, araldite a coin in the spray gun nozzle end, fill the glass jar half full with oil, drop in your bronze bush, & connect it to the wife's vacuum cleaner.
>Watch the air rush out of the bearing sitting in the bottom of the glass jar. 
>It's all done in a matter of minutes. 
>Best
>Chris 

 

 

 

 

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