Sarah,
1. I would think that any good single pole single throw heavy duty metal
toggle switch with screw terminals should be fine as long as it's rated for
over 30 amps, and most I see are good for at least 50 amps.
2. The throttle switches did not change from BN1 through BJ8 though the pull
rod on a Hundred will be straight with little 90 degree ends, the 6 cylinder
ones are bent to clear other things. The rod simply fastens to a pivot point
of the throttle lever, the cutout is adjustable at the throttle switch
lever. This picture may help.
Rich Chrysler
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carr&Edwards" <scvc70@epix.net>
To: "Healey List" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, January 25, 2010 10:01 PM
Subject: [Healeys] overdrive switches - BN1
> I've searched the list archives, and couldn't find anything addressing my
> current situation.
>
> I've begun sorting out the boxful of electrical bits removed from my BN1,
> and
> apparently one/more DPOs dealt with electrical problems by--among other
> things--replacing the original O/D dash switch with a generic U.S.-made
> single-pole type, as well as installing what appears to be a BJ8 throttle
> switch (it looks exactly like the picture of that item in the Moss
> catalog).
>
> Questions:
> 1) why is the BN1 dash switch (in the Moss cat.) 10 times as expensive as
> the
> later one? And, since I have no intention of spending that much money for
> any
> switch, would an ordinary single-pole switch work here?
> 2) can the BJ8 throttle switch be used on the 3-speed gearboxbox's O/D?
> If
> so, how is that done? When we dismantled the car, it was hooked to the
> throttle linkage--but I have no idea whether the set-up ever worked, as I
> never spoke to its last owner and don't know where he lives (he'd left the
> car
> in his father's garage in 1976 when he moved away; father died in 1996,
> and
> the executors told me son said to get rid of the car as he was no longer
> interested in it--thus I am now the keeper of "Cinderella," the
> garage-sale
> Healey....)
>
> Apparently the gearbox itself wasn't disturbed, as it and the engine were
> uniformly coated with a half-inch of black, greasy dirt. (I haven't yet
> looked the gearbox itself over.)
>
> As always, thanks in advance!
>
> Sarah Carr
> BN1 in PA
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