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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size:11pt" color="#000000"><b>From:</b> Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> on behalf of sbyers--- via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, February 1, 2026 9:25:00 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> healeys@autox.team.net <healeys@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Lockable door on BJ7</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><font size="2" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">I have two fuel pumps on my BJ8 – the stock SU and an electric pump from Autozone.<span style="">
</span><span style=""> </span>They are wired with a switch to select either pump, or turn both off.<span style="">
</span>I can’t count the times the car failed to start in the morning after a night at a motel or starting but running out of gas in the parking lot when I forgot
<span style=""> </span>to turn the switch back on.<span style=""> </span>One<span style="">
</span>one occasion in the middle of nowhere in Montana I felt the car slowing down and failing to accelerate until it occurred to me the active (Autozone) fuel pump was failing.<span style="">
</span><span style=""> </span>Switching to the SU kept me going another 160 miles until I could get to civilization and discover it was the backup pump that failed.<span style="">
</span>The local Autozone in North Dakota had an identical replacement that I got installed in 15 minutes.<span style="">
</span>It is also convenient sometimes when working on the car with the ignition switch on to be able to prevent the fuel pump from running.</span></font></p>
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Healeys <healeys-bounces@autox.team.net> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">On Behalf
<span class="x_GramE">Of</span> </span></b>Robert Markovich via Healeys<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Sunday, February 1, 2026 7:23 AM<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> warthodson@aol.com; Leonard Berkowitz <drberkowitz@hotmail.com>; HealeyRick <healeyrik@gmail.com><br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Cc:</span></b> healeys@autox.team.net<br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> Re: [Healeys] Lockable door on BJ7</span></font></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Aptos"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">A fuel-pump shutoff switch is a perfect antitheft device—and easy to install by splicing into the appropriate wire at the fuse block. I have one in my BN7 to address dieseling
after nothing else worked. Simply run the system out of fuel before switching off the ignition. </span></font></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Comic Sans MS"">My father purchased a used '62 Corvette in the late 60's. He worked in the insurance industry & he heard that 90% of all Corvettes were stollen
sometime in their lives, in Chicago, where we lived. His solution was to install a manual shut off valve in the fuel line. The valve was hidden behind the drivers seat & operated by a "T" shaped handle which was removable. His theory was that if someone broke
in thru the canvas top & hot wired the ignition, they would only get a block or 2 before the engine would die. The crook would panic & run away.</span></font></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#26282a" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#26282A">On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 11:13:30 AM CST, HealeyRick <<a href="mailto:healeyrik@gmail.com">healeyrik@gmail.com</a>>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#26282a" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#26282A">Lockable doors don't seem to be much of a theft deterrent. Having lived in Boston for many years in the
age of British sports cars, I saw plenty with broken vent windows or slashed convertible tops that defeated locked doors. Maybe putting a tracker in the car and an ignition cutoff might be more effective</span></font></p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#26282a" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#26282A">On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM Leonard Berkowitz <<a href="mailto:drberkowitz@hotmail.com" target="_blank">drberkowitz@hotmail.com</a>>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><font size="2" color="#26282a" face="Helvetica"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#26282A">My BJ7, which I have owned since 1984, had lockable door handles with push buttons. When I restored the
car in the early 1990’s I had the original door handles reinstalled. I was told that the push buttons were wrong and I wanted my car to be more original. If I remember correctly the conversion was not a major big deal. </span></font></p>
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