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<p>... and another on the gas pedal shaft--4 total--although that
one doesn't suffer as much abuse (that was the 'under the dash'
part). Can't speak to your car, Bruce; the instructions show
these are suitable for BN7s. Maybe prior to BJ8s they used
something different (can't imagine cork would hold up long at
all). Mine were rubber/bronze bushings in a metal cup; the
nylon/teflon ones still go inside the metal cup. Looking at
Bruce's photo, you can see the ends of the cup protruding from
either side of the brackets, although I don't see any of the white
nylon bushes.<br>
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<p>Every time I think I've done every possible job on a Healey it
proves me wrong.<br>
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<p>Bob<br>
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<p>ps. Of course, it's Eric GruNden, not Gruden. Guess I still had
a little football in my head.</p>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/10/2017 6:07 AM, Tim Davis BN7
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<div>I don't follow this. Mine were cork in a metal cup not
rubber/bronze. If the engine is out these need to be replaced,
two on the cross shaft and one where the pedal shaft enters
the engine bay.<br>
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<div>Nice photo.... looks just like my car<br>
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</b>"Bruce Steele" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeybruce@roadrunner.com"><healeybruce@roadrunner.com></a><br>
<b>To: </b>"i erbs" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:eyera3000@gmail.com"><eyera3000@gmail.com></a>, "Bob
Spidell" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"><bspidell@comcast.net></a><br>
<b>Cc: </b>"Healeys" <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br>
<b>Sent: </b>Thursday, March 9, 2017 8:37:11 PM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Throttle Bushes<br>
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was going to replace the bushes on my throttle shaft,
but saw what Eric had done back in, well, who knows
when, and they looked great. So I just stripped and
painted the shaft.</span></p>
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Healeys [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net">mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net</a>] <b>On
Behalf Of </b>i erbs<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 09, 2017 9:50 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Bob Spidell <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"><bspidell@comcast.net></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Healeys <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Throttle Bushes</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good catch. They tend to get munged
when folks install or remove their engines, if not as
stated heat and time.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I built a cable throttle set up to
bypass the Rube Goldberg set up. I have promised a
wrote up to John Sims for quite some time to add to
his wonderful site. I have been slowly working on it
and will soon I hope get it to him.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Mar 9, 2017 at 8:31 AM, Bob
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While getting ready to drop the rebuilt engine into my
BJ8, I noticed the 'throttle relay shaft'--yeah, the
one under the scuttle, all but impossible to get to
with the engine installed--was bent. 'Crap,' I
thought, 'one more job to do before I can get the
engine in.' It turns out this was serendipitous--first
time this word's been used on the List?--because as I
inspected the shaft, I noticed that one of the two
brackets was also bent, and further inspection
revealed that the bush on the driver's side was way
sloppy (actually, pretty much gone). A quick check of
the Moss catalog showed 'N/A' for all the parts--I'm
screwed, I thought. Then, I remembered I'd bought a
replacement set--supposedly made of teflon, but they
say 'nylon' on the bag--but had given up on installing
them because the instructions showed 'through BN7 and
BT7' (BJ7/8s need not apply). I called BCS to see what
they had, and John, their parts guy said they'd work
on BJ8s. So, I did some digging and, although the
photo of the instructions and applications on Moss'
web page showed 'though BN7 and BT7,' if you download
the instructions--5 pages!--they've been revised to
show they work on the 'J' cars.<br>
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Anyway, if anyone has the engine out of one of the
later 6-cyl cars I recommend you check these brackets
and bushings. They are bronze bonded to rubber and,
although my car has nearly 200K miles, I suspect the
life of these is determined as much/more in years as
in miles, as the rubber gets baked by engine heat. The
rubber on my driver's side bush was completely dry,
caked and brittle, and could conceivably have resulted
in a stuck throttle. The instructions are
intimidating--5 pages!--but, except for having to work
under the dash, which I hate, the job was pretty
straightforward. I managed to get the shaft reasonably
straight, and the used bracket I got from BCS was in
good shape (though, in hindsight, I probably could
have straightened my bent one), so now my Rube
Goldberg-designed throttle works smooth and with no
slop.<br>
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Thought I'd pass this along since I hadn't seen this
issue discussed before. I'd long since replaced the
rubber/bronze bush on the shaft on the engine, and
should never have to worry about these again. Credit
to to Eric Gruden who designed these bushes, and to
Moss for going the extra mile to provide these, for a
reasonable cost (about $13).<br>
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