[Healeys] 6 cylinder engine washers

[gradea1 at charter.net]

I agree with Ira-production shortage-there were more than one supplier
punching out these washers for the British auto industry using
different jigs. Back then they didn't care what the shape was, but
they desperately needed to ship cars to recover from the war. Mix and
match was the order of the day. 
Here is a quote from my article about Austin from BMC Chief Leonard
Lord: After the war, the economy in Britain was also in ruins. Efforts
by the government to improve it, only added restrictions to automobile
manufacturing. It was a desperate time for Austin, and Lord decreed:
"Get the stuff in by hook or crook...just get it in." So many
materials were in demand but the scarce supply affected production and
profits. Hank

	-----------------------------------------From: "Michael Salter" 
To: "Skip Saunders"
Cc: "healeylist"
Sent: Sunday January 3 2021 12:54:26PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] 6 cylinder engine detail

  Good observation Skip and one that made me go back and look again ..

  As you can see the sides of one of the 2 odd washers (both are the
same) are absolutely parallel.
 It would take someone with a lot of skill to shear the sides off
individually to achieve that degree of accuracy on both washers and
really ... would anyone go to that much effort?

  Additionally the washers have been punched out, not ground or filed
to size as is evident from the shear marks on the sides. 
 I realize that this is totally insignificant in the scheme of things
but being a very poor sleeper I tend to stay awake at night and think
about these things. :-) 
 I have found that there is usually a good explanation for these
things but this has me stumped. 
 Please ... help me get a good night's sleep.

 M

 On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 1:28 PM Skip Saunders  wrote:
  Judging by the curvature of the washers, the five appear to be of
the original manufactured type. The two appear to be regular washers
that have been ground down to fit in the narrow channel. Do you see
the same disparity among washers in the oil pan (it too uses those
types of narrow channel compatible washers I believe.) Thanks -skip-  
 On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 12:57 PM Michael Salter  wrote:
  I'm working on an early 3000 engine and have found these 2 different
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