[Healeys] Brake servo

[rosowski at tampabay.rr.com]

I purchased a PBR VH40 for my BJ8 from hemiperformance.com in
Australia several years ago. Their website shows that they offer a
similar (maybe same) product now listed from "Protex (formerly PBR)"
for AU$685.

	-----------------------------------------From: "Alan Seigrist" 
To: "Simon Lachlan"
Cc: "Alan Wasserman"
Sent: Thursday September 19 2024 8:50:26PM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake servo

 I have used both. The PBR is a far superior unit to the Lockheed. The
Lockheed's pressure valve sits at the bottom of the unit and when it
gets wet it can corrode.. making the unit inoperable. I have no idea
why they don't put a SS sleeve in there, then there would not be a
problem

 Anyway, I've had the PBR on my BJ8 for 30 years, and for various
reasons the car has sat for years from time to time. Every time I
start it up, the booster works flawlessly. 
 You can order them on ebay, and direct from OZ 

 On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 5:57 AM Simon Lachlan via Healeys  wrote:
  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  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
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