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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple style='word-wrap:break-word'><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'>Yup, after seeing Tom’s car I did the same when the overdrive failed on my BT-7. When I bought my BJ-8, I put the 5-speed in right off, and have put thousands of miles on it with nary a worry – including the month in Scandinavia this past summer for the European Healey Meet.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>-----------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>All the best,<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>Al Fuller<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Tom Mitchell<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 11, 2024 9:42 AM<br><b>To:</b> Michael Oritt <michael.oritt@gmail.com><br><b>Cc:</b> healeys@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] BJ8 1967 Engine Rebuild failure<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I drive my Healey a lot and on very long drives.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>In my case I did the Toyota transmission (instead of repairing the existing transmission) so my wife, two sons, grandkids and others could drive the car without me cringing everytime they shifted. <span style='font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif'>😲</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>In the future, if someone wants to, they can reinstall the old tranny, assuming they rebuild it and fix the overdrive.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Tom Mitchell<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Ann Arbor, MI<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>1965 BJ8<o:p></o:p></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Feb 11, 2024, 11:32<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM Michael Oritt <<a href="mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com">michael.oritt@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'>Joseph--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'>You said: "</span><span style='color:blue'>I usually try to understand why others do such things my mind cannot follow."</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'>That's a different problem as what makes sense to one of us may not make sense to another.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'>In my case I replaced my BN1's original three-speed transmission with a Smitty's five-speed conversion and W58 transmission because:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'>1. I had driven to California--about 3,000 miles from my home in Maryland--when the second gear cluster broke and <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'>2. I wanted to complete the trip driving the car rather than having it shipped home, still broken, and<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'>2. I was about 100 miles from Smitty's shop in Thousand Oaks CA and he had both a rebuilt W58 and a conversion kit on hand, and<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'>4. Even assuming I could have found a replacement cluster and a facility that could have installed it in a reasonable amount of time, etc., the original transmission was a POS in the first place, as was the manual clutch which I also replaced with an hydraulic clutch (later upgraded to a BJ8 diaphragm unit)<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'>So, my decision was easy for me to make and after a couple of days working at Smitty's shop and an outlay of a reasonable sum of money I was able to drive back to MD. Beyond that I feel that what I gave up in originality I have more than gotten back in driveability.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'>Best--Michael Oritt<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#3333FF'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 11:23<span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'> </span>AM <a href="mailto:josef-eckert@t-online.de" target="_blank">josef-eckert@t-online.de</a> <<a href="mailto:josef-eckert@t-online.de" target="_blank">josef-eckert@t-online.de</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Michael,</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I do not mind and I am fully with you. I even do not mind if one puts his car in the dining room or fills it with water or throws it down a bridge. Its his/her car and everybody can do with belongings what they want as long others are not hurt.or their belongings are not damaged with. </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>But I usually try to understand why others do such things my mind cannot follow.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Josef eckert</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Königswinter/Germany</span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>-----Original-Nachricht-----<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>Betreff: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 1967 Engine Rebuild failure<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>Datum: 2024-02-11T17:09:02+0100<o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>Von: "Michael Oritt" <<a href="mailto:michael.oritt@gmail.com" target="_blank">michael.oritt@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'>An: "<a href="mailto:josef-eckert@t-online.de" target="_blank">josef-eckert@t-online.de</a>" <<a href="mailto:josef-eckert@t-online.de" target="_blank">josef-eckert@t-online.de</a>><o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><p style='margin:0in'> <o:p></o:p></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3333FF'>Joseph--<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3333FF'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3333FF'>As the famous Wellerism goes <em><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>''Every one to his own taste,' said the old woman as she kissed the cow".</span></em><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3333FF'> </span></em><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3333FF'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3333FF'>Best--Michael Oritt<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#3333FF'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On Sun, Feb 11, 2024 at 10:30 AM josef-eckert--- via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>What I do not understand is, why you want to convert an Austin-Healey to V8, Electtric, etc? For me the decision is clear to keep an Austin-Healey as Austin-Healey and when I like to have a V8 as well i would buy a Jaguar XK8 or similar as an addition. We did this with our holiday car which is a Mazda MX-5 Miata. The car is absolutely great and in many ways superiour to the Austion-Healey, especially when it comes to the heavy traffic on European roads and Safety. Meanwhile I do not go on any motorway here in Germany with one of my Austin-Healeys. Its just painful.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Josef Eckert</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Königswinter/Germany</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>-----Original-Nachricht-----<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Betreff: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 1967 Engine Rebuild failure<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Datum: 2024-02-11T14:44:08+0100<o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Von: "Chris Scholz via Healeys" <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>An: "HealeyRick" <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com" target="_blank">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I would be concerned with the lack of passion with a full electric conversion. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>An aluminum V8 keeps the spirit and improves the driving experience. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Sent from my iPhone <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Chris Scholz OD<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On Feb 10, 2024, at 9:16 PM, HealeyRick <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com" target="_blank">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Now, you've gone too far, Bob. An electric Healey? Bleah! As you say, to each their own. There's plenty of room in the Healey tent for concours, modified, big Healeys, little Healeys, Nash Healeys, Healey boats, etc. Can't we all just get along? </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif;color:black'>😀</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Rick<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On Sat, Feb 10, 2024 at 1:22 PM Bob Spidell via Healeys <<a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>The most rational, pragmatic swap at this point would be to an electric motor and batteries; done right, it would blow the doors off an LS or Coyote swap (up to a 100MPH or so, I wouldn't push a Healey chassis much past that, for long anyway-BTDT). How many owners do more than day trips anyway (my days of 5K mile trips are, unfortunately, in the past). <br><br>I wanted a big V8-powered car with all the modern improvements, so I bought a Mustang GT and left my Healeys as Austins (Jensens) un-mutated, and without the 20-50% drop in market value* (my survivors will have to sell my Healeys someday). 475HP--480 if I could get 93-octane--disks all around (Brembos in front), electric throttle and steering (several modes), 19x9/10 wheels with Michelin Pilot Sport 4ses, IRS, MagneRide and Steeda suspension upgrades (the IRS is a bit shaky); 0-60 under 5s (supposedly; I'm not good enough and the A10s are quicker). Bigger and heavier; I reckon a Nasty Boy would take me on a narrow twisty, but on the sweepers and straights it's sayonara. The Mustang hauls ass, and it's fun, but the Austin-Healeys are simply more satisfying to drive--by far--warts and all.<br><br>Disclaimer: I am very much an "It's your car, do what you want with it" person. I've made small mods to my cars: Pertonix Ignitors in both; taller rear-end for highway driveability, Texas Cooler with shroud in the BJ8 but I never have, and never will, understand why people buy a car they don't actually want just to change it (owners with broken/missing engines who think 'Why not?' I can see). Why not buy a Saxon and build it up the way you want it from scratch? Oh, and for the record, I don't much care for breast implants either; just not the same.<br><br>* Just my observations from BaT, FB, mailing lists, etc.; I've yet to see a Nasty Boy cross the block at B-J or Mecums--doen't mean it hasn't happened--but the muscle car 'restomods' with SBCs, LSes, etc. are a dime-a-dozen and, IMO, not particularly unique or imaginative (they do have garish paint jobs though).<br><br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On 2/9/2024 10:25 PM, Chris Scholz via Healeys wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I love my LS1 swap. It was a lot of work. Aluminum dual passage Wizard radiator with 15” spal fan-I can drive in a parade at 110 heat index and car stays right at 195 degrees. Lots of work to get the alternator to fit-I modified a bracket from a Jeep wrangler LS swap kit. Everything barely fit longitudinally-there is one inch between the electric radiator fan and my water pump. Had to cut the steering shaft and u joint. Works great. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Like Rick, I have the stock 3.55 Healey rear with a quaife limited slip diff and it works perfectly. 72” Daytona wire wheels with 205 wide tires. Lowered the front spring perches -my front was so much lighter it was up in the air by 2-3”. It rides and handles so well. My car was a 1959 100-6 so it wasn’t worth as much stock as a BJ8. I feel my value went up. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I love my reliability and the torque is amazing. Car is so much fun to slowly cruise and then hit the gas and go. I would never go back to the heavy iron block. I feel this an aluminum V8 would have been Healey’s first choice if GM would have worked with him. <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Sent from my iPhone <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Chris Scholz OD<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On Feb 9, 2024, at 7:58 PM, HealeyRick <a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com" target="_blank"><healeyrik@gmail.com></a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></blockquote></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>A V8 swap is nothing to be undertaken lightly. It's not as simple as "dropping in a V8". That's the easy part, mostly focusing on making engine and transmission mounts and cutting away pieces of the footwells so the motor will fit with the exhaust headers in place. It's all the other stuff you need to do that will really add the work. New electrical system, radiator, upgraded brakes, fuel system, transmission shifter, etc, etc. It's worth it in the end if you want a Healey/Cobra, but you'll also knock off about 30 percent of your car's value or more. You can see the work I had to do to put a Ford 5.0L and 5 speed transmission into my BJ7 here: <a href="http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?13,8264" target="_blank">http://forum.britishv8.org/read.php?13,8264</a> The Ford 5.0 is narrower than the Chevy LS so less body cutting to do, but not a huge difference. LS motors are more likely to be found in a junkyard with low mileage now and with your brother a GM mechanic, would be very helpful. I did about 50-75% of the swap myself, except for the engine rebuild and body fabrication. My car has 350 hp and I run the stock rear end with 3.55 gears and Dayton 72 spoke wires. Much more power than that and those parts will start braking. A good engine swap is really a joy, but if you do a bad one it will be a nightmare forever. Chris did a really nice swap with his LS but he can speak to how much work it was. <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>My first choice if you don't have that "Need for Speed" would be to try a replacement Healey 6.<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Best of Luck,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Rick<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 2:11 PM <<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com" target="_blank">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-right:0in'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Funny you should suggest a v8 replacement. Chris just made that suggestion to install an LS1 with GM Trans. My Bother is a retired GM mechanic, and he agrees. Did you do the exchange? What engine trans etc. did you use? All options are on the table.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Bob</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>From:</span></strong><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> HealeyRick <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com" target="_blank">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>> <br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Sent:</span></strong> Friday, February 9, 2024 1:32 PM<br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>To:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com" target="_blank">rfbegani@gmail.com</a><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Cc:</span></strong> <a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br><strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Subject:</span></strong> Re: [Healeys] BJ8 1967 Engine Rebuild failure<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Sorry to hear this Bob. What you've been told so far seems correct. Without the main bearing caps you're in a tough spot. Maybe trying to find a BJ8 block or a rebuildable BJ8 motor is the best of a bad group of choices. Too bad, I gave away a bare block with caps from a BJ7 a few years ago for a donation to our club charity. I'd put a wanted ad in the club magazines and Healey forums, Facebook pages and hope someone out there might have one. Try Hemphills, Healey Surgeons, David Nock, maybe they have one that needs rebuilding somewhere. Or do what I did and put a V8 in there!<o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Best of luck,<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Rick Neville aka "HealeyRick"<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>On Fri, Feb 9, 2024 at 11:12 AM <<a href="mailto:rfbegani@gmail.com" target="_blank">rfbegani@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><blockquote style='border:none;border-left:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 6.0pt;margin-left:4.8pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Gentlemen:</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>I arrived back to Florida in May and decide to drive my 67 Austin-Healey. Drove it a mile and heard clanking engine, looked at the oil pressure, It was O! Instead of stooping to have towed home, I drove it back slowly. Last month, I dropped the pan and started to remove the rod and crank caps and bearings. My mechanic friend said you got lucky the crank may only need polishing and new bearings. So, I packed and marked each of the main bearing caps, bolts, and bearings along with piston rods and caps in individual plastic bags. Then packed them into a larger plastic bag which was put under the workbench near the garbage. We towed the car to Mikes garage so he could pull and disassemble the engine. Tuesday, he asked me to bring the parts I had removed from the engine so he would have everything in one place. I looked around but could not find this black plastic bag and then remembered it got pitched in the garbage. So, I am now up the famous creek and am asking this group what I can do?</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><ol start=1 type=1><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I am told the engine is finished because the Main Bearing caps are not available and even if you could find them, they would need to be line bored on the engine.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>I am told that finding an engine block for a 3000 with original main bearing caps is almost impossible.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li><li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Finding an engine to be rebuild might be possible.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><o:p></o:p></span></li></ol><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>My engine was rebuilt 6000 miles with years ago everything new, so I would like to find a way of fixing the existing engine, if possible.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Please give me your advice.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Best regards,</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'>Bob Begani</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal style='mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto'><span 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