[Healeys] 6 cylinder engine washers

Michael Salter michaelsalter at gmail.com
Sun Jan 3 14:35:10 MST 2021


Absolutely true Hank, but this does not explain why I have encountered the
same anomaly on more than one engine.
I think I still have a couple of never disassembled engines back at the
shop ... when I'm next there I'll take a closer look.

M

On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 4:21 PM <gradea1 at charter.net> wrote:

>
> 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 ..
>
> [image: image.png]
> 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?
>
>
> [image: image.png]
> 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
>
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> On Sun, Jan 3, 2021 at 1:28 PM Skip Saunders <tfsbj7 at gmail.com> 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 <michaelsalter at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> I'm working on an early 3000 engine and have found these 2 different
>>> types of
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