<html><body><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000"><div>I'm restoring a BN2? for a club member along with the BN1 that I'm doing for myself. His project is a story in itself, but the latest challenge is getting the transmission bolted to the engine. Normally it's an easy job, but in his case, he's buying parts for different sources in order to make a complete car.</div><div><br></div><div>He had the front of his chassis cut off in preparation of installing a Corvette V8. All those parts were scrapped before he was convinced to take it back to original. That's when I stepped in. </div><div><br></div><div>He bought a four cylinder engine from Healey Surgeons and a side shift transmission from a guy in California, the same guy that sold him the BN2 chassis. When I tried to install the transmission, the bell housing had a different bolt pattern since it was for a six cylinder engine. He then got the correct bell housing, but now the trans still won't bolt up because the first motion shaft is too long (see attached sketch). The distance between the trans and the engine is approximately 8 3/4" and the width of the bell housing is 8 5/16", a difference of 7/16". At this point, I'm tempted to cut off a half inch off of the shaft.</div><div><br></div><div>Has anyone experience with this and can you recommend a better solution? HELP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Charlie</div><div><br></div><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"Steven Kingsbury via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net><br><b>To: </b>"Michael Salter" <michaelsalter@gmail.com><br><b>Cc: </b>healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, September 16, 2020 5:21:30 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Water Pump Question<br><div><br></div><div>Again, the list makes my day!! Thank you all for the responses and the knowledge. I will continue with my quest to get this car back on the road!</div><div>Steven Kingsbury</div><div>BN1</div><div><br>On September 16, 2020 at 2:44 PM, Michael Salter <michaelsalter@gmail.com> wrote:<br><div><br></div></div><div><blockquote><div class="msg-quote"><div dir="auto">Hi Steven, that hole is as it should be. It is the drain for the water pump seal. If coolant starts coming out of there the pump needs to be rebuilt.<div dir="auto">The grease will be leakage from the bearings which have most likely been over greased.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">M</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed., Sep. 16, 2020, 5:04 p.m. Steven Kingsbury via Healeys, <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0 0 0 .8ex; border-left: 1px #ccc solid; padding-left: 1ex;"><div><div> I am in the process of putting my engine back together and upon cleaning the water pump, I found the bottom of the pump to be thick with what appeared to be grease. As I cleaned the grease away I found a hole at the bottom of the housing. Is this normal? I have a 1955 BN1 and I have to admit, I have never looked at the bottom of a 100 water pump. </div><div> Was there once a grease fitting there? Are all of them open like this? I'm cleaning it to repaint and reinstall, but I'm a bit concerned and need the wisdom of the list to relieve my tension.</div><div> Thanks in advance guys,</div><div>Steven Kingsbury</div><div>BN1</div><div><br></div><div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br> Support Team.Net <a href="http://www.team.net/donate.html" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/donate.html</a><br> Suggested annual donation $12.75<br> <br> Archive: <a href="http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys" target="_blank">http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys</a> <a href="http://autox.team.net/archive" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/archive</a><br> <br> <a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br> <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys</a><br> <br> Unsubscribe/Manage: <a href="http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/michaelsalter@gmail.com</a><br> <br></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div><br>_______________________________________________<br>Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html<br>Suggested annual donation $12.75<br><div><br></div>Archive: http://www.team.net/pipermail/healeys http://autox.team.net/archive<br><div><br></div>Healeys@autox.team.net<br>http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys<br><div><br></div>Unsubscribe/Manage: http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/schottc@knology.net<br><div><br></div></div><div><br></div></div></body></html>