[Healeys] Blanking Plate

[Michael Salter]

Sorry, my bad, I was thinking of the one used on the 100/6 ... different
animal.

M

On Tue, May 12, 2020 at 9:56 AM S.Carr <britfan1 at epix.net> wrote:

> Photo attached of my BN1’s engine as removed (clearly for the first time
> in its life!) years ago—plate is just a flat piece of steel, not a
> casting.  Apparently just another way for the company to save a few pence….
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> Sarah Carr
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> BN1L 2216xx in PA
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> *From: *Michael Salter <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
> *Sent: *Tuesday, May 12, 2020 9:10 AM
> *To: *healeys at autox.team.net
> *Subject: *Re: [Healeys] Blanking Plate
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> John is absolutely correct however I would point out that the original
> blanking plate was actually a beautifully made die casting with ribs in the
> shape of an X. Also as John mentioned it was installed with small tubular
> spacers under the nut.
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> M
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> On Tue., May 12, 2020, 5:57 a.m. John Harper, <ah100register at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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> Mike
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> There nothing special about these and they can be cut out of 1/8" steel
> plate. If you have a gacket set there should should be one to act as a
> template.
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> A small detail, the studs are too long and to be fully authentic you need
> short spacers under the fixing nuts. It is assumed that Austin did not wish
> to have different blocks to allow for a mechanical fuel pump being fitted
> or not.
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> Best regards
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