[Healeys] electrical problem

alfuller194 at gmail.com alfuller194 at gmail.com
Sat Jul 29 22:34:57 MDT 2023


Great news, jim - congrats!

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All the best,

Al Fuller

-----Original Message-----
From: alfuller194 at gmail.com <alfuller194 at gmail.com> 
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2023 1:13 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: FW: [Healeys] electrical problem

fired it up this morning.  started instantly.

>  -------Original Message-------
>  From: alfuller194 at gmail.com <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
>  To: healeys at autox.team.net <healeys at autox.team.net>
>  Subject: Re: [Healeys] electrical problem
>  Sent: Jul 28 '23 16:09
>  
>  OK Jim - sounds like it's all done!
>  
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>  All the best,
>  
>  Al Fuller
>  
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: alfuller194 at gmail.com <alfuller194 at gmail.com>
>  Sent: Friday, July 28, 2023 11:48 AM
>  To: healeys at autox.team.net
>  Subject: [Healeys] electrical problem
>  
>  all i know is that the car is positive gnd now and will stay that way 
> for a while.  most people convert to neg gnd so they can add gps, radio, phone charger, etc.  he apparently does not plan to do that.  if it had been converted to neg gnd, there were no stickers stating that and the battery was hooked up pos gnd.
>  
>  >  -------Original Message-------
>  >  From: alfuller194 at gmail.com <alfuller194 at gmail.com>  >  To: 
> healeys at autox.team.net <healeys at autox.team.net>  >  Subject: Re: 
> [Healeys] electrical problem  >  Sent: Jul 27 '23 21:53  >  >  Jim - 
> is it safe to assume the fuel pump that quit was also a  > negative 
> ground unit, on the positive ground car?
>  >
>  >  If so, then the troubleshooting is at the end.  If not, there may still be an issue somewhere....
>  >
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>  >  All the best,
>  >
>  >  Al Fuller
>  >
>  >  -----Original Message-----
>  >  From: alfuller194 at gmail.com <alfuller194 at gmail.com>  >  Sent: 
> Thursday, July 27, 2023 3:21 PM  >  To: healeys at autox.team.net  >
> Subject: FW: [Healeys] electrical problem  >  >  car is positive 
> ground.  the distributor had a module for neg gnd in it.  petronix technician could not believe it worked as long as it did.   my old fuel pump works fine on his car and it is a pos gnd.   not sure exactly what did happen, but i know that on joel goldberg's BT7 we put a new battery in and found out later the posts were in wrong.  they gave us a new one but no damage was done as nothing was solid state.  i am staying away from solid state units, they scare me.   putting this one back to a points system so that i can fix it when it breaks.
>  >
>  >  >  -------Original Message-------
>  >  >  From: alfuller194 at gmail.com <alfuller194 at gmail.com>  >  To:
>  > healeys at autox.team.net <healeys at autox.team.net>  >  Subject: 
> [Healeys]  > electrical problem  >  Sent: Jul 27 '23 11:51  >  >  All: 
> Following is  > Jim's response to one of our emails - I think I failed to make it to the list, but might informative in helping troubleshoot the issue.
>  >  >
>  >  >  Jim: we all have several questions, including is the car negative or positive ground, does anything else on the car not work, is it possible the key was left on the 'on' position for an extended time?
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>  >  >  All the best,
>  >  >
>  >  >  Al Fuller
>  >  >
>  >  >  -----Original Message-----
>  >  >  From: healeymanjim <healeymanjim at hansencc.net>  >  Sent:
>  > Wednesday, July 26, 2023 2:20 PM  >  To: alfuller194 at gmail.com  >
> > Subject: RE: [Healeys] electrical problem  >  >  al, this is the
> third  > solid state fuel pump that has quit on me.  put  > the 
> electrics from  > my spare on his pump body and it works fine.  do not know problem with dizzy.  did not do anything to it.  battery was installed exactly like the old one.
>  >  >
>  >  >  >  -------Original Message-------  >  >  >  From: 
> alfuller194 at gmail.com <alfuller194 at gmail.com>  >  To:
>  >  > 'healeymanjim' <healeymanjim at hansencc.net>,  >  > 
> healeys at autox.team.net  > <healeys at autox.team.net>  >  Subject: RE:
>  > [Healeys] electrical problem  > >  Sent: Jul 26 '23 11:44  >  >  Hi Jim:
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >  It's hard to think of how a good battery properly installed
> > would  > > cause  this. On the other hand, it seems more likely that 
> > what ever  > > took out the  old battery has also now taken out other devices in the circuits.
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >  Did the car start and drive OK after the battery replacement?
>  > Is  > > there  anything else electrical on the car that doesn't 
> work?  > Maybe  > > time for a  tune-N-tech session to dive into it...
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >  ----------------
>  >  >  >  All the best,
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >  Al Fuller
>  >  >  >
>  >  >  >  -----Original Message-----
>  >  >  >  From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of
> >  > > healeymanjim  >  Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2023 8:40 AM  >  To:
>  >  > healeys at autox.team.net  >  Subject: [Healeys] electrical problem
> >  > >  > changing a headgasket on a club members BN4 and realized battery was gone.
>  >  >  >  replaced battery and now after a few weeks  go to start it 
> and  > >  > discover both  solid state fuel pump and electronic 
> ignition are  > > > kaputt.  could the new  battery have done 
> something to cause  > this.  i  > > confess my ignorance in this  area of expertise.
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