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Re: Pumpkin

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Subject: Re: Pumpkin
From: tammie wall <whammie@iopener.net>
Date: Sun, 24 Jul 2005 10:49:03 -0500
generally speaking, regardless of ratio,  healey differentials are bullet proof 
!!
jerry wall
Simon Lachlan wrote:
 > 
 > Yes, Dick. Alan's got it absolutely right. (In my opinion). If it ain't
 > broke, don't fix it.
 > I bought a 3:54 off a chap over here. He said it come out of an automatic
 > Westminster, that it had done very few miles and that it was as good as new
 > and should go straight in. I was sorely tempted to take it apart and frig
 > about in there, but resisted - just - and hey presto, not a squeak from it.
 > Smooth as anything.
 > Simon.
 > 
 > -----Original Message-----
 > From: owner-healeys@autox.team.net [mailto:owner-healeys@autox.team.net] On
 > Behalf Of Blue One Hundred
 > Sent: 24 July 2005 01:56
 > To: Richard Hosmer
 > Cc: Ben Prince; Healeys
 > Subject: Re: Pumpkin
 > 
 > Dick -
 > 
 > Pumpkins, on visual inspection if in good shape, are almost always
 > ready to go.
 > 
 > You definitely do not want to dissassemble a factory built pumpkin if
 > it looks to be in good shape.  Often enough rebuilding it you may
 > easily put it in worse shape than just leaving it alone.
 > 
 > Besides, if it is screwed up, the pumpkin goes in and out of the car
 > relatively easily, it only takes about an hour to pop the thing out...
 > that's alot less effort than dissassembling and rebuilding... that
 > could take days.
 > 
 > I'd leave it alone!  Try it first...
 > 
 > Cheers,
 > 
 > Alan
 > 
 > '53 BN1 '64 BJ8
 > 
 > On 7/24/05, Richard Hosmer <rahosmer@citlink.net> wrote:
 > > Alan,
 > >
 > > I have an original (not Lempert) 3.54 "pumpkin" that I purchased in the
 > late
 > > 60's, but have never fitted to my tricarb. I plan to do so shortly.
 > >
 > > It appears to be in PERFECT condition, but, it has almost no signs of use
 > on
 > > the teeth. I'd always thought I had a GOOD thing, as in it had just been
 > > assembled but not used much, if at all. Are you saying I should have it
 > > disassembled and checked?
 > >
 > > Thanks,
 > >
 > > Dick Hosmer




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