Adam
Before thinking the worst....please check the emergency cable routing
where it turns the corner and goes into the drive shaft tunnel. Yours
would not be the first Healey that had that problem. The noise of the
drive shaft rubbing the cable can be very loud and it is (almost)
literally under your butt although on the other side of the tunnel.
Happens more commonly on the earlier cars and on fresh restorations.
Aloha
Perry
-----Original Message-----
From: Adam Nolde <adamnolde@yahoo.com>
To: healeys@autox.team.net
Sent: Sat, Jul 10, 2010 1:31 am
Subject: [Healeys] Trans failure, or little gremlin ??? BJ8
I was on my way to Monroe, CT last eve, for the Friday night car show
and some
ice cream.
I had just turned onto a steep hill (not far from my home) and was
going through
second gear in my BJ8.
SNAP !!!!
The loud snap under my arse was followed by a rapid grinding sound,
which I
immediately recognized (so I thought) as a drive shaft being pushed
(not pulled)
along the arsephalt. I'm sure it took me 0.76 of a second to bring the
car to
rest where I noticed the noise was gone and the engine was running
smoothly.
Upon inspection there was nothing hanging loose so I started it up (no
noise)
put it in gear (no noise) let out the clutch (no noise) and the car
began
forward. So I decided to limp home, rather than dragging my arse.
When I turned the next corner the noise came on again loud and clear,
but this
time without the SNAP. Again I stopped, the noise subsided, and I
started up
again. I made it the few blocks back to my house using only first and
second
and being careful not to anger the little gremlin who might come
through the
floor and bite my arse.
I think it might be a loose part in the gear box, or a broken clutch
finger, but
I'm really no expert. Do any of you have an idea?
The irony here is that I was on my way to Monroe, which is where John
Esposito's
shop is.
Please reply to adamnolde@yahoo.com
adam nolde
HBJ8L30805
BN6L 2795
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