The thermometer tube-coil on my BJ8 was coiled perpendicular to the firewall
when I first got my car. However, it was positioned too close to the
firewall and on my first trip the vibrating coil effectively sawed into my
wiring harness and POOF fire under the bonnet!! Repairs were quickly made
and Wanda and I proceeded on our NC to Utah trip for Conclave 1997, without
a temp or oil gauge. Checked the oil at every gas stop...no related
problems. Installed the combo gauge upon my return to NC.
GaryB
-----Original Message-----
From: Richard Kahn
Sent: Saturday, June 04, 2011 11:21 AM
To: jwbn6hrdtp@gmail.com ; richchrysler@quickclic.net
Cc: healeys@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] The little rubber strap
No one had commented on what a bitch it is to put that strap on. I have
seen
several ways that the thermometer tube coil is oriented. Coil parallel to
the
firewall, or parallel to the engine block. I think the book orientates it
along the engine block.
Rich Kahn
> Date: Sat, 4 Jun 2011 06:16:50 -0500
> From: jwbn6hrdtp@gmail.com
> To: richchrysler@quickclic.net
> CC: healeys@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] The little rubber strap
>
> the rubber strap was commonly used for various applications on british
> motorcycles.
> cheers,
> jerry
>
> On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Rich Chrysler
<richchrysler@quickclic.net>wrote:
>
> > It's in the Concours Guidelines photo section.
> >
> > Rich
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: healeys-bounces@autox.team.net [mailto:
> > healeys-bounces@autox.team.net]
> > On Behalf Of Greg Mandas
> > Sent: 2011-06-02 11:07
> > To: healeys@autox.team.net; Editorgary@aol.com
> > Subject: Re: [Healeys] The little rubber strap
> >
> > Could we get a picture?
> >
> > --- On Thu, 6/2/11, Editorgary@aol.com
> > <Editorgary@aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > > From: Editorgary@aol.com <Editorgary@aol.com>
> > >
> > Subject: [Healeys] The little rubber strap
> > > To: healeys@autox.team.net
> > >
> > Date: Thursday, June 2, 2011, 12:55 PM
> > > In a message dated 6/2/11 9:46:49 AM,
> > > healeys-request@autox.team.net
> > > writes:
> > >
> > >
> > > > It is a shy little rubber
> > strap about 4 inches
> > > long. It went
> > > > strapped that wire wrapped lead from
> > engine to temp
> > > gauge in the dash
> > > > to the heater hose. I think they were
> > discarded
> > > rapidly when engines
> > > > were serviced or repaired. A long time
> > ago I sent it
> > > to Roger Moment
> > > > who had duplicates made as he said it was
> > a really
> > > rare bird. What
> > > > is amazing is that it has a patent !!!!!
> > > >
> > >
> > > When I first saw that strap, I thought it looked familiar
> > > from my
> > childhood
> > > spending my days in the back of my dad's bicycle shop, and
> > > later
> > Norman
> > > Nock confirmed it, not from his past car experience but
> > > from having
> > been a
> > > cyclist all his life. We both remembered first seeing that
> > > strap on
> > Humber and
> > > Raleigh bicycles, holding the rear handbrake cable to the
> > > frame
> > of the
> > > bicycle. I'm betting that when they first encountered the
> > > problem
> > of having
> > > the
> > > temp sensor cable fouling whatever it might foul in the
> > >
> > engine compartment,
> > > Roger Menadue went over to his bicycle and pulled the
> > strap
> > > off of it,
> > > determined that it would work, and then they told BMC to
> > > order a couple of
> > > thousand
> > > from whomever supplied them to Humber and
> > Raleigh.
> > > Gary
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>
> --
> jerry wall BN6
> rowlett, tx
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