[Healeys] Brake servo

[Simon Lachlan]

Well, as you know, they came with Girling units. I had one in my BT7 MkII, rare for those models. Anyhow, it was disconnected when I bought the car so I had to rebuild it with a kit. That lasted about 10 years then one of the "new" parts proved to be soluble in brake fluid and disintegrated. That nearly ended in tears. Another kit, from a hopefully more reliable source, but I never trusted it. So.......it was my feeling that, if I couldn't fix a Girling, then any second hand Girling out there would be unreliable. I elected to replace it before it let me down again.
Seems that the two most usual substitutes are Lockheed or PBR, the latter being Australian. I'd heard much better reports for the PBR so I looked out for one of them. They are very rare, if sold at all, in the UK. Anyhow, someone imported a BJ8 back here from the US and found a spare new PBR in the boot (trunk!). I bought that for a song and fitted it. Easy fit with the supplied brackets. Works well. I like it. Their model code, for my BT7 at least, is VH40. I checked that with PBR.
Simon

-----Original Message-----
From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On Behalf Of Alan Wasserman
Sent: 19 September 2024 19:50
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: [Healeys] Brake servo

Does anyone have or can direct me to purchase a brake servo for my ‘66 bj8?  Thanks

Alan Wasserman
Alanwassermannc at gmail.com
732-887-0742
www.wassermanstudio.com
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