[Healeys] Overdrive Solenoid Repros?

[Simon Lachlan]

Hi,

Not sure if this is a serious query but, so far as I can see from the dead one which I’ve just dug out of the bin, there is no way to “tweak” the points to make them work or, for that matter worm properly.

The two halves of the points setup are held down by tiny rivets(?) so there is no lateral adjustment. The points are in the closed position and the top, sprung, half is a pretty serious piece of metal…not given to minute adjustments. Perhaps a genuine Lucas solenoid’s points are tweakable. Don’t know. This, dead, solenoid does indeed have two sets of script on it, one over-writing the other. And, on taking the top section off, ie the points, there is slight smell of burning detectable from inside once the nylon(?) push rod is removed.

Simon

 

 

From: warthodson at aol.com <warthodson at aol.com> 
Sent: 26 September 2024 00:18
To: Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>; Simon Lachlan <simon.lachlan at alexarevel.plus.com>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Overdrive Solenoid Repros?

 

How does one "tweak" the points slightly to make them worm properly?

Gary Hodson

 

On Wednesday, September 25, 2024 at 04:12:02 PM CDT, Simon Lachlan via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net <mailto:healeys at autox.team.net> > wrote: 

 

 

Hi,

With reference to the discussion about failing solenoids, for which many thanks for the replies, I emailed Dave at ODSpares regarding a conversation we’d had last time I was up there.

He replied:-

“Hi Simon,

The ones to avoid are the ones with a thin reddy brown wire on them. But, saying that, almost all of them need the points tweaking slightly to make them work properly and last longer. Even the batch with Lucas electrically etched onto them (over the Chinese writing) are the same but come in a Lucas box).

Not very helpful I know.

best regards  

Dave Twigger (ODSpares) 24/09/24”

So that’s indicative of something….avoid the “reddy brown wire” versions, buy a genuine one and make sure it’s set correctly. Certainly, over here in the UK, there’s very obvious gap in prices between the units on eBay etcetc and the ones from our favourite suppliers. Having said that, Dave did say that one of the latter was peddling the ones with “Lucas” etched over Chinese script!

Simon

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