[Healeys] Crunch washer for oil pan

[John Spaur]

Whether you quench or not only affects the color. Not quenched and it will have black oxide. For "concours" correctness quench the washer to maintain the bright copper British colour. 

John

-----Original Message-----
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
Sent: Friday, April 30, 2021 7:53 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Crunch washer for oil pan

Moss still has them: Part# 324-800, $0.49 (and $19.98 for shipping ;)

I think these are the crush type, but for years I've used solid copper, which is what you used to get. I'll re-use them after annealing to 'cherry red' with a propane torch (was never sure is you should quench or let air cool for max. softness). I've never found the correct size in a hardware store or in one of the kits, but haven't looked all that hard.

Bob

On 4/30/2021 5:49 PM, Gary Anderson via Healeys wrote:
> I'm getting ready to change the oil on my Healey -- a chore that was 
> taken care of by various shops when the car was in for service, so not 
> something I've done for many years -- and know that one of the 
> essential parts that makes all the difference is a fresh, unused 
> crunch washer to put on when the  plug is put back into the bottom of 
> the oil pan.
> I have no idea where to get one these days -- It used to be a very 
> cheap item from Moss and I'd order half a dozen every couple of 
> years.  Any suggestions?
> Gary Anderson
>

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