[Healeys] BANG!

[Michael Oritt]

Any steam or smoke?  A bunch of years ago the head gasket suddenly blew on
my car and it sounded like someone fired off a shot along with a lot of
water vapor.

Best--Michael Oritt.

On Thu, Sep 17, 2026 at 6:03 PM Richard Antal via Healeys <
healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

> Salutations fellow Healeyphiles,
>      I came to a stop sign on the steep uphill slope and wanted to enter a
> busy road with a lot of traffic going 40mph. A window of opportunity
> presented itself finally. The stick was in 1st, my foot on the depressed
> clutch pedal. I
> quickly move my right foot from. the brake, gunned the engine and quickly
> released the clutch. The car lurched forward the saluted me with a loud
> bang which I could feel through the floor and immediately became lost
> propulsion. No response to the stick in any gear. The initial lurch allowed
> me to ooze across the road and get most of the car out of traffic. The
> engine was running just fine. AAA to the rescue. I and my 65 BJ8 rode to
> Competition Motors in Portsmouth NH where they do extensive work on vintage
> cars of all makes. I await their diagnosis. What happened? What horrendous
> bill am I looking forward to? Thanks for your wisdom.
> Rich Antal
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