Hi Steven: Welcome to the world of Healeys. You and Bill need to get
the factory service manual. CD or paper...Your preference. Printed Repros
are available from several sources for less than $50. Originals show up on
ebay now and then.
On the BN2, Static timing is 6 degrees before TDC. There is a notch on
the rim of the front pulley and an arrow stamped into the timing chain
cover. These line up at TDC. Clean them and mark with a crayon or paint.
I set mine with a Sears timing light with the dial. I usually set the high
end at about 33 degrees, and at a slow idle it comes back to about 6.
Setting statically will take a little more than 5 minutes, but with the
timing light, less than 5 minutes unless there's a problem. There's a
vernier adjustment on the distributor, so if you are lucky, you won't have
to loosen the clamp.
There are lots of Austin-Healey sites online. a google search will get
you several, and each one of them will link you to more.
Jim Smith
East Hampton, CT
BN1
BN2
BN6
BN7
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steven Newell" <steven@newellboys.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 10:45 AM
Subject: intro, BN2 manuals, timing
> Hi, I'm new to this list, though not new to LBCs or team.net. I'm
> helping a retired friend get his BN2 back on the road after 7 or so
> years off. Myself, I have a TR4 daily driver and a second TR4 I'm
> finishing to look like the factory rally cars. Since I drive my TR4
> about 8000 miles a year, I've had a chance to fix or replace just about
> everything on the car since I bought it in 2000. Most of the parts on
> Bill's big Healey look familiar, at least. Biographically, I just hit 40
> and have a couple boys still young enough to ride in the bench seat, and
> after an early career in technology I run a high-tech science center at
> my local elementary school.
>
> So yesterday the big Healey fired and idled nicely, after a little
> careful preparation over a couple weekends. It's a nice survivor and has
> been stored dry and clean, My friend is looking forward to learning how
> to maintain his car too. Which brings me to my questions.
>
> 1. Bill has a 100/6 manual, for some reason, but nothing right for his
> 100/4. Which manuals should we have? I was thinking of the CD-ROM from
> Moss for $30 -- what else?
> 2. I'll do valves, points, timing, and carbs next. Actually, I'll
> probably bleed the brakes and let Bill run slowly up and down his street
> a couple times. Then we'll get to work. Absent a manual, I dug around on
> the web yesterday but didn't find any practical FAQs with titles like
> "How to set the timing on Bill's BN2 in five minutes or less." Are there
> many how-to sites for big Healeys, or should I just ask you guys all my
> newbie questions?
> 3. How do I set the timing? :) I set my TR4 statically, BTW.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Steven Newell
> Littleton, CO USA
> '62 TR4 x 2
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