[Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar

Sat Feb 16 16:49:58 MST 2019

G’day Stephen

I think the 1800 (or the Land Crab as many called it) was the best of all the Issigonis derived vehicles.

Hoo Roo

Patrick

From: s.hutchings at rogers.com [mailto:s.hutchings at rogers.com] 
Sent: Sunday, 17 February 2019 10:05 AM
To: Patrick & Caroline Quinn
Cc: WILLIAM B LAWRENCE; Mark Donaldson; healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar

I wouldn’t have called the hydrolastic machine a “gun”...it was a box on diagonal legs with two ball handled levers sticking out of it and a pressure gauge. I always thought that it looked like something from a fifties science fiction film!

I had an 1800, and I used to borrow one of these gizmos to top up a slow leak...the fluid did smell like anti freeze, but I remember being told to protect my eyes while using it.

Stephen 

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On Feb 16, 2019, at 11:37 PM, Patrick & Caroline Quinn <p_cquinn at tpg.com.au> wrote:

G’day

Initially the suspension of the BMC Mini was built around rubber under compression. Later when the 1100 series (Austin, Morris, MG, Riley, Wolseley and Vanden Plas badged versions) the BMC Hydrolastic suspension was introduced including into the Mini. 

The Hydrolastic fluid itself was an equal mix of alcohol and distilled water plus a couple of other small additives to make it taste terrible as UK customs officials were concerned that people would drink it. That’s a true story.

It therefore had anti-freeze properties 

While a fluid, to service the suspension a special gun was required to pump it into the system and unless you had one it was not possible to do it yourself.

In mid-1978 BMC or BLMC as it was known then, did away with the Hydrolastic suspension and introduced their Hydragas system.

Hoo Roo

Patrick

From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of WILLIAM B LAWRENCE
Sent: Sunday, 27 January 2019 5:31 PM
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar

So did the hydrolastics run on vegetable or mineral?...

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From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> on behalf of Mark Donaldson <ardmorebusiness at xtra.co.nz>
Sent: Sunday, January 6, 2019 9:59 PM
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar 

Obviously the very model of a modern Major General.   ;-)

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From: simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com [mailto:simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com] 
Sent: Monday, 7 January 2019 4:18 a.m.
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Subject: RE: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar

A friend of mine’s dad had the MG version of the 1300. BRG….looked nice and went well. Sadly, said friend and I took it out to a pub one night and wrecked it on the way home. Actually, we were not at all drunk. It was absolutely pouring with rain and, driving down a steep lane with banks on both side, he aquaplaned it quite spectacularly. We spun round and round. Seemingly, on each revolution, a startled oncoming driver would miraculously miss us. It was 50% inexperience, 50% stupidity. The devil looks after his own! I guess we were about 18 yrs old. Dangerous age.

The dad was a Major General and could be quite fierce but he took it surprisingly well!!

Simon

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Mark Donaldson
Sent: 06 January 2019 04:39
To: 'Charles Schott' <schottc at knology.net>; editorgary at aol.com
Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Workshop manuals - Austin and Jaguar

Charlie,

The Austin and Morris 1100s and 1300s were very popular compact BMC four-door saloons in the sixties and seventies.

MG badged them too.  A friend had one with twin S.U.s  It was a fun car.

They all had 'hydrolastic' suspension.  You can check that out on Google.

Thousands were assembled CKD right here in Auckland by the Dominion Motor Company.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BMC_ADO16

Mark

Ardmore, NZ

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From: Charles Schott [mailto:schottc at knology.net] 
Sent: Sunday, 6 January 2019 3:43 a.m.
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Cc: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys]Workshop manuals – Austin and Jaguar

Gary,

I'm looking for a workshop manual for my AH 100 BN1. What does the BMC 1100-1300 cover? Thanks.

Regards,

Charlie

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