<div dir="ltr">Don, I believe I am correct. Check Ditlev Clausager Original Austin Healey, Page 59 Carbs and Fuel System Para 2. Only used from July to November 59. Also photos on P56 to 58 do not show the plates.Your car may have been fitted with a leftover cylinder head ex factory if the motor is as you say untouched<div>John</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 8:50 AM <<a href="mailto:fsufan1952@yahoo.com">fsufan1952@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I’m not sure your correct on that assumption. I bought this car from the original owner in 1974. And the motor has never been apart , or ever replaced . I’ve sense talked with other BJ-8 owners , with this blanking plate , along with a few restoration shops and my car isn’t the only one they have seen , my year , with original motors with this blanking plate installed . <div> Don <br><div> <br> <br><div dir="ltr">Sent from my iPhone</div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Apr 3, 2021, at 5:28 PM, John and Kerry Rowe <<a href="mailto:jtkarowe@gmail.com" target="_blank">jtkarowe@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">I have that on my 59 Bt7. When I bought the car (as a basket case) it had the electric choke switch fitted. I fabricated a cover for the hole. It was quickly discontinued and later heads didn't have the hole. If Don's 67 BJ8 has that, it has evidently been fitted with an early BT/BN7 head.</div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Apr 4, 2021 at 7:21 AM Harold Manifold 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:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks for the quick replies. My car was built in Nov 1960 and didn’t have the hole drilled in casting. I didn’t think of the thermal choke. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Harold Manifold<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal" style="border:none;padding:0in"><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Don via Healeys</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Saturday, April 3, 2021 1:21 PM<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com" target="_blank">healeyguy@aol.com</a><br><b>Cc: </b><a href="mailto:Healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">Healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] Fwd: Thermal Switch Hole in Cylinder Head</p></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">This is what it looks like in my late production 67 BJ-8 . Yes a thermal choke that I guess never worked out . <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"></p><div><9D8625BE4BC4497295B530036A051598.jpg></div><u></u><u></u><p></p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Sent from my iPhone<u></u><u></u></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><br><br><u></u><u></u></p><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt">On Apr 3, 2021, at 4:01 PM, healeyguy--- via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5pt;margin-bottom:5pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"> <u></u><u></u></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"><br><br><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>From: <a href="mailto:healeyguy@aol.com" target="_blank">healeyguy@aol.com</a><br>To: <a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net" target="_blank">manifold@telus.net</a> <<a href="mailto:manifold@telus.net" target="_blank">manifold@telus.net</a>><br>Sent: Sat, Apr 3, 2021 3:54 pm<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Thermal Switch Hole in Cylinder Head<u></u><u></u></span></p><div id="gmail-m_8961540437549919112gmail-m_6130643624350727496yiv0013660599"><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Harold <u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Thermo electric choke introduced in July 1959. Manual choke used again in November 1959. <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Perry<br><br><u></u><u></u></span></p><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">-----Original Message-----<br>From: Harold Manifold via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>To: Ken Fleming via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><br>Sent: Sat, Apr 3, 2021 3:31 pm<br>Subject: [Healeys] Thermal Switch Hole in Cylinder Head<u></u><u></u></span></p><div id="gmail-m_8961540437549919112gmail-m_6130643624350727496yiv0013660599yqt09531"><div id="gmail-m_8961540437549919112gmail-m_6130643624350727496yiv0013660599"><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Hello,<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">What is the history for the Thermal Switch Hole in the cylinder head. Item 8 in the attached drawing. Some heads have the hole in the casting and it is blanked off and in some heads the hole was never added.<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">Harold Manifold<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black"> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span style="font-size:10pt;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:black">_______________________________________________<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/healeyguy@aol.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/healeyguy@aol.com</a><u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right:0.5in;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-left:0.5in">_______________________________________________<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/fsufan1952@yahoo.com" target="_blank">http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/fsufan1952@yahoo.com</a><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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