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<p><b>A few years ago I installed a marine-grade switch on my BT7. I
bought it from West Marine. Fits nicely and works great!</b></p>
<p><b>== Alex in Maine</b></p>
<p><b>1960 BT7, 1946 MG-TC</b><br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 3/26/2020 8:48 AM, Robert Begani
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">A
Good analysis why the original Healey switch and
replacements do not work well. May choose to keep the
original in a box and buy a Hella, or continue to do with
out a switch and use a direct ground to the frame.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">Bob
Begani<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Healeys
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.team.net"><healeys-bounces@autox.team.net></a> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Michael
Oritt<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 25, 2020 5:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Michael Salter <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com"><michaelsalter@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Austin Healey <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"><healeys@autox.team.net></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Master Switch<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#3333FF">For my
money (and car) I opted for a high quality marine-grade
shutoff switch such as that made by Hella and others,
sold on the Pegasus site.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 4:31 PM Michael
Salter <<a href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com"
moz-do-not-send="true">michaelsalter@gmail.com</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My experience with the original Lucas
Master switches has been a little different. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Many years
ago, after</span> having a newly installed NOS
switch fail on my own car, I discovered that it had
failed because the ground cable running from the
switch to the frame was not properly installed. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The full starter current must pass
through the switch then through the cable to ground.
When there is resistance in that cable current passes
through THE SPRING to then ground through the body of
the switch and the switch mounting bracket.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This high current rapidly overheats
the spring and it looses tension ruining the switch.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I have disassembled several of
these switches to stretch the spring as suggested but
often found that the brass of the spring had been
totally annealed as a result of being overheated
because of the current that had passed through them.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For my own car (and several others
since) I made a new spring from copper coated steel
welding wire wich lasted until I sold the car many
years later. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">M<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Mar 26, 2020, 9:00 AM John
Spaur, <<a href="mailto:jmsdarch@sbcglobal.net"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jmsdarch@sbcglobal.net</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#1F497D">In my experience with the
switches they overheat and the spring collapses.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#1F497D">Good to know you have the
rivets.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#1F497D">John</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#1F497D"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b>
David Nock [mailto:<a
href="mailto:healeydoc@gmail.com"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">healeydoc@gmail.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, March 25, 2020 7:57 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> John Spaur <<a
href="mailto:jmsdarch@sbcglobal.net"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">jmsdarch@sbcglobal.net</a>>;
'Healeys' <<a
href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Master Switch<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">The number one
fault with both the original and the new
switch is the spring inside looses its
tension and you then loose the ground
connection. We have sourced the correct
rivets to restore your original battery
switch.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">I have also
had to take apart the new switches to make
them work correctly. Simply drill out the
rivets. Stretch out the new spring and
install new rivets.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-family:"Century",serif;color:black">David Nock<br>
<a href="mailto:healeydoc@sbcglobal.net"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">healeydoc@sbcglobal.net</a><br>
209 948 8767<br>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
John Spaur </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Sent:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 9:53 PM</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">To:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
'Healeys' </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">Subject:</span></b><span
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:black">
Re: [Healeys] Master Switch</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#1F497D">I have tried to post
this to the list several times but it
keeps bouncing.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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style="color:black"> </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#1F497D">The internal part in
the reproduction switches is plastic, not
Bakelite. If your engine is hard to start
and you crank it too long the plastic part
melts and the switch is toast. I rebuilt
one recently with the proper Bakelite
part. However, they are not always
interchangeable with the newer metal case
because the metal case is slightly
smaller.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="color:#1F497D">John</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span
style="color:#1F497D">’62 BT7</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"
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style="color:#1F497D">San Jose, CA</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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