I believe the owners manual suggests nuetral and no clutch for all starts,
certainly for the older cars like our BN7"s; My son who is a manual and shop
manual guru/techie pointed this out to me early on when he started working on
my car. Richard of KYBN7 #440
> From: insptwo@msn.com
> To: healeys@autox.team.net
> Date: Sun, 3 Jul 2011 13:27:37 -0400
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Two hot too shart?
>
> When your Healey sits hot and does not want to start, try placing it in
> neutral, do not depress the clutch, and hit the starter. Several years ago
I
> was having that problem in the Florida summers when I ran it and stopped
for
> while. The temp gauge would go up to over 212 when it sat for a short time.
> Starting the car without the clutch being depressed appears to lessen the
drag
> on the starter and the engine spins faster.
> Bill
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