[Healeys] 6 cylinder engine washers

[Peter Dzwig]

Completely agree. See my comment which was posted before I read Hank's mail.

It really would be interesting to have dates for the engines, but engine
stamps don't necessarily reflect build order.

Peter

On 03/01/2021 21:21, 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.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.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
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 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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Dr. Peter Dzwig