OH Patton,
you did check your carb floats to make sure they aren't leaking or have gas
in them so they don't 'float' completely 'up'?? just an after thought.....
HoYo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patton Dickson" <kpdii@earthlink.net>
To: "'healeys'" <healeys@Autox.Team.Net>
Sent: Thursday, October 14, 2004 1:30 PM
Subject: Early BN4 Tach Cable Length Question
> Moving on from the carb problems and now on to the tach....
>
> One of the "Easy" things to fix on my car was the broken tach cable. I
just
> started to do just that, and found out that the old, broken cable on my
car
> was close to 4 feet long, and the replacement cable from Moss was under 3
> feet long. As you see below, Moss offers 2 cables for the BN4
>
> 021-387 $20.95 CABLE, tachometer, 2"9", LHD BN4 to C.E.38837
> 021-388 $17.95 CABLE, tachometer, 4'0", LHD BN4 from C.E.38838
>
> My car number is BN4-L-O-37718, so it is close to the switch. That means
> Moss thinks I need the shorter cable? Is there are reasons for the
> difference and change during production?
>
> The distributor is an original DM6A O 40506A, and the tach is what I think
> is a Smiths X.100.3.1 (those are the numbers printed under "RPM")
>
> The tach cable (the long one) in the car was passing through the firewall
> directly under the water temp line on the far right side. I noticed that
> there is a hole closer to the center of the firewall that is plugged with
a
> rubber grommet, is that where the short cable would go through on other
> early BN4's? Should I send this cable back and get the long one.
>
> Believe it or not guys, I am getting a lot done.
>
> Thanks
> Patton
>
> -------------------------------------------
> Patton Dickson - Richmond, TX
> '57 A-H 100-Six - http://Austin-Healeys.com
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