Bob,
My BJ8 had 15,000 miles on it when I started work on it in 1985. If
I remember correctly all the holes on the chassis/bulkhead had rubber
plugs which had turned into rigid plastic!! I will look at my photos
if I can drag myself away from searching for a Lucas petrol reserve
switch for the petrol tank of the Aston.
At 09:57 AM 6/18/2011, Bob Spidell wrote:
>On a BN2 the fuel lines are also retained by the 'hairpin' style
>clips, though they're slightly different than the brake line
>clips. BCS is the only place I know of that has the correct fuel
>line clips (the Moss ones are too flimsy last I tried them). The
>brake line clips run front-to-back on the passenger side (LHD) , and
>the fuel line clips are on the driver side. In both cases the holes
>are usually a half-inch to an inch from the bottom of the frame
>rails. For both, the holes should be a clean, smooth drill hole,
>about a quarter-inch in diameter.
>
>The wire harness clips have holes along the bottom of the frame rail
>along the driver side. The holes are for sheet metal screws and if
>you scrape the paint off and look very closely you sometimes see
>where the threads were cut.
>
>The '750-mile' BN2 that has generated so much, uh, interest on the
>List has some photos of a BN2 underside that might help. As far as
>I can tell, with my layman's knowledge, the lines and harness are in
>the correct places.
>
>I don't think it would be possible to seal up the chassis frame
>rails completely. Your best bet is to fog some rust preventative
>inside (I've used LPS3; Waxoyl might work too). Some of the old
>tube-and-fabric aircraft like the Piper Cub had linseed oil inside
>the frame tubes for corrosion prevention.
>
>Later cars, like my BJ8, had about a half-dozen holes about 3/8"
>diameter at various places on the chassis rails. These were
>probably tooling/jig holes and were plugged with rubber
>plugs. They're just large enough to get the nozzle of an
>undercoating gun through, which I use to fog LPS3 inside the rails.
>
>The holes in the boot are probably tooling holes (thanks to all who
>responded). If my car had them I'd probably try to plug them with
>rubber plugs like on the BJ8 chassis (Moss carries those, now, and
>Steele Rubber has all sizes and shapes of plugs).
>
>Bob
>
>
>
>
>On 6/18/2011 6:05 AM, Tracy Drummond wrote:
>>Probably break line retainer clip holes. I bet Dave Nock has photos. My
>>BT7 has them down the frame rails and also on the front cross member where
>>the lines cross over under the radiator area. If you saved your break lines
>>you can hold them up to the frame and follow the routes verifying them to be
>>in fact for retaining break lines.
>>
>>Warm Regards,
>>
>>Tracy Drummond
>>
>>
>>Speaking of holes, I am getting the final welding repair done to my BN2
>>frame and have noticed numerous holes in the square tubing frame members.
>>How do I know what holes are supposed to be there, if any and which are not?
>>I am talking about holes that look like they are drilled flush with the face
>>of the metal. Obviously, holes with threads and/or bosses that look to be
>>original are easier to determine. I don't want to leave any place for the
>>tin worms to enter if possible. Or, am I worrying for nothing?
>>Mike MacLean
>>56 BN2
>>60 AN5
>
>--
>*******************************************************************
>Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell at comcast.net
>
>*******************************************************************
>_______________________________________________
>Healeys at autox.team.net
>Donate: http://www.team.net/donate.html
>Suggested annual donation $12.75
>Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
>Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
>Unsubscribe/Manage:
>http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/barrie at look.ca
Regards
Barrie
barrie at look.ca
705-721-9060
|