<html><head></head><body lang="en-US" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); line-height: initial;"> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Eastwood.com sells wrinkle finish black paint. I've used it successfully. </div><div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-Roland</div> <div style="width: 100%; font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><br style="display:initial"></div> <div style="font-size: initial; font-family: Calibri, 'Slate Pro', sans-serif, sans-serif; color: rgb(31, 73, 125); text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 smartphone.</div> <table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px;"> <tbody><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"> <div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(181, 196, 223); border-top-width: 1pt; padding: 3pt 0in 0in; font-family: Tahoma, 'BB Alpha Sans', 'Slate Pro'; font-size: 10pt;"> <div><b>From: </b>Michael Oritt</div><div><b>Sent: </b>Friday, October 26, 2018 3:26 PM</div><div><b>To: </b>Larry Wendland</div><div><b>Cc: </b>Austin Healey</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] 100 Heater motor or switch problem</div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-color: rgb(186, 188, 209); border-top-width: 1pt; font-size: initial; text-align: initial; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"></div><br><div id="_originalContent" style=""><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Larry/Roland</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:#3333ff">Thanks for the suggestions and I neglected to say in my earlier post that I plan to pull new hot and ground leads to the heater and establish a new ground. Though the fuse to the heater has never blown t is very possible that one or both of the leads has deteriorated, etc and intermittently goes open. Moss wants $150+ for a new switch and I am hopeful that a good dose of Electric Clean will dissolve any interior corrosion that may exist. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">Meanwhile, I went to the local Ace and Lowes in search of black crackle paint but no luck and will have to get it online. I did find some 1-1`/2" crutch tips that will fit nicely over the outlets to the windscreen demister which I plan to blank off in order to increase airflow. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(51,51,255)">Best--Michael Oritt . </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 2:16 PM Larry Wendland <<a href="mailto:bighealey3k@aim.com">bighealey3k@aim.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Well keep trying to fix it till it is good and broke. Some times those rheostats just need a little disturbance to get them to work properly. They get old and rub the winding in one place and need to be disturbed to get the wiper to rub on the winding in a different place on the winding. If it quiets again, shoot the money cannon and replace it. It may have more life in it still. <br>
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Larry<br>
'67 BJ8 <br>
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From: Michael Oritt <<a href="mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.oritt@gmail.com</a>><br>
To: Austin Healey <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
Sent: Fri, Oct 26, 2018 11:53 am<br>
Subject: [Healeys] 100 Heater motor or switch problem<br>
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About an hour ago I popped the spring clips off of the heater face-plate which gave me access to the back of the rheostat switch. I first verified that there was power to the switch and then jumped across the two posts with a screwdriver. The heater motor came on full blast, telling me that the problem was in the switch, which had felt a bit odd when I initially encountered the problem a few days ago as the "detent-like feel" when turning the fan on was missing. Though I assumed I had identified the problem as being in the switch I nevertheless turned the control knob just to see how it felt and--wonder of wonders--the fan motor immediately came on. What's more it responded perfectly to the rheostat, going from full blast to low just as it always had. <br>
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I am 100% certain that I had the ignition switch on and the heater power lead connected with an intact fuse and I can only say that this is a typical Healey deal, and now that the car has my attention I am sure that should I simply close the heater up the switch will probably act up at some point in the future. I'm going to investigate whether I can source a replacement switch, either Lucas or not. I'll also take the opportunity to repaint the front plate in black crackle and I am going to close off the top opening that supplies heated air to the two vents in back of the windshield, which seems like a waste of hot air.<br>
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Thanks all for your patience and advise and I hope this gives some of you who have experienced similar situations a laugh.<br>
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