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Re: [Healeys] Tach rebuild

To: Len and/or Marge Hartnett <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>, AH Mail List <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Tach rebuild
From: Warren via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 08:09:03 -0500
Delivered-to: mharc@autox.team.net
Delivered-to: healeys@autox.team.net
References: <991dae66-7b12-a1f1-47bc-e1a47c1e3cb0@cox.net>, <7970F25FD7BA4D6DB799B7E5E23A3965@LeonardPCPC>
Thread-topic: RE: [Healeys] Tach rebuild
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ss=3DWordSection1><p class=3DMsoNormal>Lucky Len,</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><=
o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Wow! Congratulations on your miles=
 of smiles! Are all the miles under your ownership?</p><p class=3DMsoNormal=
>High mileage Healeys are their own reward in my world. A trophy to you! Th=
is is what it is all about, DRIVING.</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o=
:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>WD=C2=A0 67 BJ8</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&n=
bsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>PS: Thought my tach deserved a pro rebui=
ld because the needle spent so much time zipping from 0 to redline the pain=
t was bleeding off.</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>I don=E2=80=99t do that anymore=
.</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Sent fr=
om <a href=3D"https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=3D550986";>Mail</a> fo=
r Windows 10</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><div style=3D'mso=
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:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=3DMsoNormal style=3D'border:none;padding:0in'>=
<b>From: </b><a href=3D"mailto:thehartnetts@earthlink.net";>Len and/or Marge=
 Hartnett</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Friday, November 27, 2020 4:58 PM<br><b>To: <=
/b><a href=3D"mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>AH Mail List</a><br><b>Subject=
: </b>Re: [Healeys] Tach rebuild</p></div><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;<=
/o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Con=
sidering all the different responses to the &quot;Tach rebuild&quot; questi=
on from </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>John, it's like asking, &quot;what's the b=
est....&quot;.=C2=A0 Everyone has their own </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>experi=
ences.=C2=A0 I guess I was one of the lucky ones.=C2=A0 I installed my Pert=
ronix </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>in July of 2000.=C2=A0 There was no effect o=
n the tachometer.=C2=A0 In June of 2004, </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>my tach s=
tarted reading incorrectly.=C2=A0 Based upon an article by Frank </p><p cla=
ss=3DMsoNormal>Filangeri (source unknown), &quot;BJ8 Tachometer Reads High&=
quot;, I swapped out the </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>capacitor marked &quot;.2=
 uf&quot; drilled a hole in the back of the case to access </p><p class=3DM=
soNormal>the adjustable pot on the back of the circuit board, and after rei=
nstalling </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>the tach in the dashboard, calibrated it=
 to match an external tachometer. </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>It has been runn=
ing accurately ever since.</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p =
class=3DMsoNormal>Lucky Len</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>(The Other) Len</p><p c=
lass=3DMsoNormal>Fairfield, CA, USA</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>1967 AH 3000 Mk=
III, HBJ8L39031</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=
=A0=C2=A0 221,444 miles</p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p cla=
ss=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>----- Original Mes=
sage ----- </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>From: &quot;John OBrien&quot; &lt;banjo=
john@cox.net&gt;</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>To: &quot;Healeys&quot; &lt;healey=
s@autox.team.net&gt;</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Sent: Tuesday, November 24, 20=
20 12:23 PM</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>Subject: [Healeys] Tach rebuild</p><p c=
lass=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p=
></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; Hi Listers:</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt;<o:p=
>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; The tach on my BJ8 does not show=
 the correct RPMs. On a cool morning it </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; shows=
 what I believe is fairly close to the right numbers, but as the car </p><p=
 class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; warm, or the day warms, it reads higher and higher =
for the same speed. I </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; know it is not the clut=
ch slipping. I saw some articles in Healey Marque </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>=
&gt; magazine showing how to rebuild and test them, but it requires a </p><=
p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; oscilloscope and some other specialized equipment =
I don't have, so I'm </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; wondering if you guys ha=
ve a recommendation for someone that might rebuild </p><p class=3DMsoNormal=
>&gt; them.</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt;<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMso=
Normal>&gt; I imagine there is also some info in the archives, but my antiv=
irus </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; software flags the archive site as a mal=
icious website and doesn't want to </p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; let me acc=
ess it.</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt;<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNorm=
al>&gt; Thanks for any info.</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt;<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p><=
/p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; John O'Brien</p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt;<o:p>=
&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; '61 bugeye (Lucy)</p><p class=3DM=
soNormal>&gt;<o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p><p class=3DMsoNormal>&gt; '65 BJ8 (Madely=
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