[Healeys] BN7 on Ebay

[Alan Seigrist]

Otter switch for the auto choke.  The single most unreliable piece of kit
to ever come out of Lucas!

On Thu, Mar 15, 2018 at 9:49 AM, Keith Pennell <llennep at verizon.net> wrote:

> That is a disconnected thermostat for the thermochoke model.  It was wired
> to an auxillary carb.  The thermostats were quite unreliable I have been
> told as this shorts out over time.  I hot wired mine to a switch and made
> it a manually-controlled-electrically-activated choke.  Worked quite well.
>
> Keith
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Masucci <drmasucci at comcast.net>
> To: Ahealey help <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Wed, Mar 14, 2018 8:11 pm
> Subject: [Healeys] BN7 on Ebay
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I know Healeys pretty well, but surely don’t know everything about them.
> Maybe I just don’t know the earlier 6 cylinder cars, but this has me
> stumped. there’s a listing for a 1960 BN7 on Ebay. While viewing the shot
> if the engine, I see something that I can’t identify. Mounted to the head
> by 3 screws is a triangle shaped component with something protruding up
> from the middle. It is right next to the thermostat housing. What is that?
>
> Thanks,
> Dave
>
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