[Healeys] Healeys Digest, Vol 13, Issue 460

Wed Dec 30 10:25:11 MST 2020

 BN1 and BN2 doors are about two inches shorter than BT7, so chances are you have the correct part.  I'd be more inclined to MIG weld the holes in the door and re-drill to accommodate the trim piece.  Maybe hold several layers of a very wet towel over the adjacent painted part of the door to keep the heat from the paint as much as possible.
Craig    On Tuesday, December 29, 2020, 08:45:32 PM PST, healeys-request at autox.team.net <healeys-request at autox.team.net> wrote:  

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Today's Topics:

  1. Cockpit Moulding Doesn't Fit (Harold Manifold)
  2. Re: Cockpit Moulding Doesn't Fit (Roland Wilhelmy)
  3. Re: Cockpit Moulding Doesn't Fit (Jean Caron)
  4. camshaft identification (m.g.sharp at sympatico.ca)
 Hello again, My BT7 was missing the RH aluminum cockpit moulding on the top of the door. I had the other three pieces and bought the missing 4th piece used on eBay. When I went to fit the eBay moulding it required some minor reshaping to get it too match the shape of the door. It fits the shape of the door very well but the holes are off by about 1/8" and the moulding overhangs the rear of the door slightly. I measured the hole location on the eBay piece against the original LH moulding and the distance to the hole from the end is off by the same 1/8". I can't put new holes in the door as the they would be too close to the existing holes. Is this just another example of variation during manufacturing or could the eBay moulding be from an earlier Healey (BA1 or BA2)? I would like to find a solution that doesn't require drilling new holes in the door. Harold 1960 BT7 Well Harold, you can have the holes in the molding filled and drill them where your doors have holes. There is a drawback. The aluminum of the patches will not look the same after anodizing, or so I have been told. I guess the TIG weld filler is different from the almost pure aluminum of the molding. There may be work-arounds. Or maybe new moldings are available without holes from some supplier. 
-Roland
On Tue, Dec 29, 2020, 3:21 PM Harold Manifold <manifold at telus.net> wrote:

Hello again, My BT7 was missing the RH aluminum cockpit moulding on the top of the door. I had the other three pieces and bought the missing 4th piece used on eBay. When I went to fit the eBay moulding it required some minor reshaping to get it too match the shape of the door. It fits the shape of the door very well but the holes are off by about 1/8" and the moulding overhangs the rear of the door slightly. I measured the hole location on the eBay piece against the original LH moulding and the distance to the hole from the end is off by the same 1/8". I can't put new holes in the door as the they would be too close to the existing holes. Is this just another example of variation during manufacturing or could the eBay moulding be from an earlier Healey (BA1 or BA2)? I would like to find a solution that doesn't require drilling new holes in the door. Harold 1960 BT7 _______________________________________________
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Harold,

The holes in the door, are they 1/8” off ahead of the ones on the moulding? If so move it ahead so it fits, then your overhang will likely be taken care of then you have to cut the front of the piece so you can close the door with a small gap. 

Jean

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From: Harold Manifold
Sent: December 29, 2020 5:23 PM
To: 'Healey List'
Subject: [Healeys] Cockpit Moulding Doesn't Fit

Hello again,

My BT7 was missing the RH aluminum cockpit moulding on the top of the door. I had the other three pieces and bought the missing 4th piece used on eBay. When I went to fit the eBay moulding it required some minor reshaping to get it too match the shape of the door. It fits the shape of the door very well but the holes are off by about 1/8" and the moulding overhangs the rear of the door slightly. I measured the hole location on the eBay piece against the original LH moulding and the distance to the hole from the end is off by the same 1/8". I can't put new holes in the door as the they would be too close to the existing holes.

Is this just another example of variation during manufacturing or could the eBay moulding be from an earlier Healey (BA1 or BA2)? I would like to find a solution that doesn't require drilling new holes in the door.

Harold

1960 BT7

Hi all,  I attached a photo of two camshafts I have been lugging around for some 40+ years.  They came with a batch of early 3000 engine parts, however, there was a Wolseley bell housing in the mix too.  Some of the cams are toast but they may be good as cores for someone.  I would like to know what they are from.  The second gear drive has me flummoxed.

Cheers,  Mirek
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