John, I am not sure what there is in Omaha, but there is the Healey Werks by
South Sioux City in Iowa, they work on and sell used parts Healeys for
Healey's. I believe lister and fellow Flatwater Austin Healey Club member
John Rued had his 100 up there now.
In Lincoln Butch Mitcheltree who I believe still works at Economy and
Performance auto downtown at about 18th and "O". I know Butch has worked on
foreign and LBCs for years and has restored an E-type and a 3000 to very
high standards.
Lastly also in Lincoln, Bud Dunklau has worked on the British cars since the
50s and re-did the tranny in my BN1, however, he is semi-retired and I don't
think he pulls engines anymore. Bud is at Road and Track motors at 21st and
"O".
Lastly, you might go to the Flatwater club message board at
http://www.flatwater.org/wwwboard/ and ask for some suggestions on somebody
in Omaha.
Greg Lemon
54 BN1
----- Original Message -----
From: "John O'Brien" <banjojohn@cox.net>
To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, January 19, 2006 8:54 PM
Subject: oil in coolant
> Hi Listers:
> I confess to having been lurking and not contributing much to the list. I
> need some info from your collective wisdom. I have been having small
> amounts of oil show up in my coolant on my BJ8. I have not found any
> coolant in the oil, which would be much worse, i think. Anyway, I think
> there was a thread a while back about some oil passages that rust through
to
> the coolant passages and a repair for this problem. Does anyone know a
shop
> in the Omaha, NE or surrounding area qualified to do the repair? If they
> have to pull the engine, as I suspect they will, I will have the engine
> repainted and the clutch changed. Clutch has been jerky on start up. I
may
> also have a leak in the rear main seal or the front seal of the tranny,
> which may be allowing oil on the clutch and causing the jerkyness. If
it's
> going in the shop I'll probably have it all done at once.
>
> Any suggestions would be appreciated.
> John O'Brien
> '61 Bugeye
> '65 BJ8
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