[Healeys] 6 cylinder engine washers

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Sun Jan 3 15:02:23 MST 2021


I have one of these washers (works on 4- and 8-cylinder engines, too):

2000-PSI Electric Pressure Washer | Greenworks
Yes, I have too much time on my hands today.


On 1/3/2021 1:21 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
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> 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 ..
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> 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?
>
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> 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:
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>     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-
>

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