<html><body>Lets be careful here. We have others who have been stuck in gear or without gears. The nylon bush is <b>only used on the BJ8. </b>The brass bush is used on the MK II gearbox, which <b>includes the BJ7. </b>The BJ7 is actually a MK II Healey. The shift levers are different as well. Here are the numbers from the parts book:<div><br></div><div>BJ7 lever AEC8636, Bush-brass AEC 3520 (1 pr.) Circlip 1G3709- this comes as a set. Roll pins (2) AEA558. Circlip hold two halves of bush together.</div><div><br></div><div>BJ8 lever 22B195-non/OD. Lever AEC3636 w/OD. Lever Bush 22B191 (nylon). Roll Pin AEA558 This arrangement starts with: GB 101-118 wo/OD, 101-1441 w/OD</div><div><br></div><div>What will happen if you use the nylon bush in the MKII GB, is that after a few shifts the nylon will get mangled and there goes your gears.</div><div><br></div><div><b>MKII Brass</b></div><div><b>MKIII Nylon- do not substitute.</b> Hank<br><br><div class="reply-new-signature"></div><p>-----------------------------------------</p>From: "Michael Salter via Healeys" <healeys@autox.team.net><br>To: "Simon Lachlan"<br>Cc: "Healeys"<br>Sent: Wednesday December 1 2021 5:46:06AM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Centre Change Gear Sticks<br><br>
<div>Pretty sure that the only change was the size of
the ball upon which the nylon bush rotates HOWEVER there is a
complication ... there are nylon bushes, from an MGB as I
recall, which can be used with the lever with the smaller ball end.
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed., Dec. 1, 2021, 8:21 a.m.
Simon Lachlan via Healeys, <<a>healeys@autox.team.net</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I have a late Mk II BT7. Centre change. So, my
query is regarding the gearstick.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The box is a BMC Goldseal replacement per the
attached picture.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The stick has the two roll pins securing it
which you’d expect up to BJ8s which, I gather, had screws. But the
bush under the stick in the white nylon one which, I gather again,
started with BJ8s. (To be fair, I’ve looked into this and didn’t
find a definitive answer on the bushes). My gearbox seems to be a
bit of a BT7/BJ8 mixture.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">My question is can you put a roll-pin
gearstick into a BJ8? Or vice-verca?</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Simon</p>
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