My BJ8 Phase I had the two clips. What makes Don's problem baffelling is that
his was installed correctly (presumable including the two clips) before he
disassembled it. Upon reassembly it won't fit! Clearly something has changed,
but what? Don, are any of the components you used for reassembly not the
originals off your car? were the motor mount pedestals on the frame
mofified/altered/repositioned for any reason? Are you using the original
intake manifold? My friend that had the same problem (but a new frame) fixed
the problem by cutting approx. 3/16" off the the end of the throttle shaft
from the end at the fire wall which allowed the groves in the shaft to
correctly line up with the nylon front bearing. He then had the shaft
replated.
Gary Hodson
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From: Len and/or Marge Hartnett <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>
To: Healey Mail List <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sat, Jul 24, 2010 11:22 pm
Subject: Re: [Healeys] off by 3/16"
original
Don Day has a problem with his throttle linkage. He said he installed the
throttle shaft into the fire wall and then into the throttle bracket that
mounts to the intake manifold. His problem was the holes don't line up with
holes in the intake manifold. They were off by 3/16". After contacting him and
clarifying his problem, I found that the throttle linkages on our BJ8s are
different. On his car, BJ8L42122, the throttle shaft is retained in the nylon
bracket/bearing by two circlips to control fore and aft movement. This is
preventing him from matching the holes in the nylon bracket and/or the bracket
bolted to the manifold.
My BJ8, HBJ8L39031, has only one circlip which is on the end of the shaft
although there are two grooves in the shaft. On the other side of the nylon
bracket is a spacer about an inch long that is between the nylon bracket and
the lever that connects the control rod to the carburetors thus preventing
fore and aft movement. I suggested that replacing the rearward circlip with an
appropriate length spacer would give him the adjustment that he needed to move
the nylon bracket back 3/16".
Moss shows the two circlips in their catalog - no spacer. Do I have an an odd
ball installation or was there a change in design during production? Does
anyone else have the spacer on their BJ8?
(The Other) Len
Vacaville, CA, USA
1967 AH 3000 MkIII, HBJ8L39031
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