[Healeys] Tuesday Rant

[Michael MacLean]

 OK, disregard my previous rant.  How did I know the pin vise was so well machined that the head of the screw would disappear below the top surface making the screw flush with the top of the assembly.  Thereby, making just enough of the bottom of the screw protrude into the hole for the wire yoke and clamp it in place.  That is some fine machining there.  Apparently my eyes are not what they used to be.  Maybe I am just so accustomed to the parts we get for these cars are not as well made as "back in the day."  Kudos to Burlen.  I am so accustomed to having to make parts work or modify them to fit I never expected such quality.  My bad, as they say.  Well, that's it until the next rant.Mike MacLean

    On Wednesday, July 8, 2020, 1:33:23 AM PDT, Michael MacLean <rrengineer.mike at att.net> wrote:  
 
  OK, disregard my previous rant.  How did I know the pin vise was so well machined that the head of the screw would disappear below the top surface making the screw flush with the top of the assembly.  Thereby, making just enough of the bottom of the screw protrude into the hole for the wire yoke and clamp it in place.  That is some fine machining there.  Apparently my eyes are not what they used to be.  Maybe I am just so accustomed to the parts we get for these cars are not as well made as "back in the day."  Kudos to Burlen.  I am so accustomed to having to make parts work or modify them to fit I never expected such quality.  My bad, as they say.  Well, that's it until the next rant.Mike MacLean

    On Tuesday, July 7, 2020, 9:38:41 PM PDT, Michael MacLean via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:  
 
 
My new 100M carbs being installed tonight hit a snag.  I put the throttlr arm and shaft connector on the two carbs with no problem or binding.  As a last little task I was going to put the yoke to connect the two choke levers on the carbs.  This carb set was bought direct from Burlen a couple of years ago at a great savings.  ( $700, believe it or not)  Much more than that now.  Included with the carbs were two sets of gaskets,  a thottle arm and a choke liver yoke kit.  As you can see from the included picture there is no way to clamp the yoke wire in the pin vise because the clamping screw is too short as you can see.  Really?  Not very professional.Mike MacLean


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