- 1. Can someone explain 'magnaflux'? (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Mon, 3 Oct 2005 23:47:23 +0100
- I've been to the Magnaflux web site, which has told me that that Magnaflux is an analysis method for defects in metals, not a defect 'fixer' (which is what I once thought it was). But what do you guy
- /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00038.html (7,681 bytes)
- 2. Re: Can someone explain 'magnaflux'? (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 00:47:18 +0100
- Well, thanks, Peter and Terry (and anyone else about to respond) for these near instantaneous and concise descriptions! So much wiser now! But still not sure whether parts get sent away, or you 'do i
- /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00045.html (7,288 bytes)
- 3. Re: Still stumped (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 23:25:26 +0100
- Not your regulator, by any chance? Just a guess. -- Alan F Cross, Berkshire, UK BJ8 "Ginny"
- /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00081.html (7,479 bytes)
- 4. Length of carb sealing strip on BJ8? (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 21:39:51 +0100
- Had a discussion with AH Spares some years ago about the length of their carb sealing strip (their part no. BON125, original part no. AHB9095). This is the long rubber strip that attaches to the lip
- /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00135.html (7,191 bytes)
- 5. BJ8 gear lever grommet won't sit right (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 6 Oct 2005 22:03:22 +0100
- Two different gear lever grommets that I have used are OK for a while, then, after some use, both move so that the rubber 'folds' where it shouldn't (radial folds). It looks terrible! Looking at the
- /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00138.html (7,225 bytes)
- 6. MP3 player hooked into period radio? (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 7 Oct 2005 14:49:23 +0100
- Has anyone tried to hook a 'hidden' MP3 player into the amplifier section of their period car radio? Some years back I thought about a DiscMan hooked in (Healey suspension - ouch!), but MP3 makes muc
- /html/healeys/2005-10/msg00162.html (7,070 bytes)
- 7. Tyre pressures for F560s with tubes on a BJ8? (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 4 Sep 2005 18:43:42 +0100
- Hi Listers Is there a consensus for the correct tyre pressures for Firestone F560s (with tubes) on a BJ8, for normal road driving? I seem to remember mid 20s for the fronts and 30-ish for the rears.
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00096.html (6,563 bytes)
- 8. Re: Donald Healey badge (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sun, 25 Sep 2005 09:40:08 +0100
- Our club Regalia Shop has these listed, but I can't say whether we currently have stock. http://www.austin-healey-club.com ~ Regalia See item KFDH in our regalia section on the UK Austin Healey Club
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00746.html (7,182 bytes)
- 9. Best paint for respraying BJ8 SU air filters (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 29 Sep 2005 17:55:57 +0100
- Has anyone re-sprayed the BJ8 SU air filters with anything close to the original colour? I'm looking at the Hammerite aerosol, 'direct to rust' metal paint, 'hammered' finish, in 'silver grey'. Is th
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00897.html (6,646 bytes)
- 10. Renovating BJ8 fan - treatment and choice of paint (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 02:22:17 +0100
- Have an Listers any experience of renovating the original fan blades? I'm tempted to have mine bead-blasted, but am concerned that this might weaken the metal or the rivets, with potentially disastro
- /html/healeys/2005-09/msg00937.html (6,899 bytes)
- 11. Refurbish my BJ8 starter motor, or get a modern replacement? (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 01:36:25 +0100
- Can you guys help me make up my mind? I've got a BJ8 that is pretty original (still positive earth!), now with a dodgy starter motor. It was showing open circuit in the car, but on the bench (3 hours
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00038.html (7,908 bytes)
- 12. Re: Refurbish my BJ8 starter motor, or get a modern (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2005 14:57:53 +0100
- Hi Jim, and Listers, OK, I'm getting 50:50 'refurb' and 'upgrade' advice! A question, though - are the modern replacements polarity sensitive? Does it matter whether I'm positive earth or negative ea
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00044.html (9,483 bytes)
- 13. Brush wear limits on starter motor (BJ8 and others) (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2005 18:26:09 +0100
- Hi guys, Having had my starter motor just 'die' on me (open circuit), I've pulled it and dismantled it. Before dismantling I metered it, and had a low but variable fraction of an ohm as I rotated the
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00233.html (7,676 bytes)
- 14. Correct orientation of starter motor pinion? (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 14:42:28 +0100
- Just taken my (BJ8) starter motor apart, taking photos as I go, and discover a discrepancy with the workshop manual. In the manual the pinion is shown with the bevelled end of the 'teeth' towards the
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00266.html (7,641 bytes)
- 15. Re: Correct orientation of starter motor pinion? (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 15:40:13 +0100
- Thanks, but that doesn't explain the difference between the AH workshop manual and what I found on my car. The manual shows it the way round that you say is what most cars have. I think mine has bee
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00269.html (9,731 bytes)
- 16. Heavens, yet another question about my starter motor - what is (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2005 16:35:31 +0100
- Sorry, me again! I checked the archive, but no luck. Manual says "NOTE: When reassembling the starter drive the locating nut must be re-caulked to the armature shaft." I presume the 'locating nut' is
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00271.html (7,260 bytes)
- 17. Please ... help with this question about starter motor (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 15:08:59 +0100
- Hope you guys don't mind me asking this starter motor question again, but I had no responses! Has it got y'all stumped, or is it just a crazy question? I really don't want to guess and re-install wro
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00298.html (8,326 bytes)
- 18. Re: Please ... help with this question about starter (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2005 17:02:46 +0100
- Mine I have to back off nearly a quarter of a turn to get the split pin in. Suppose I could try and wrench it on a bit tighter, to get to the next slot. -- Alan F Cross BSc LRPS - Heathfield Studios
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00304.html (9,283 bytes)
- 19. Thanks for all the help on my starter motor (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Fri, 12 Aug 2005 17:09:54 +0100
- Can I just give a collective thanks to all those who have helped me with my starter motor problems. Through your help, I have moved from "I'd better fit a new pre-engaged motor" through dismantling t
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00317.html (7,091 bytes)
- 20. Re: Joining of AH Clubs (score: 1)
- Author: Alan F Cross <alanx@proaxis.demon.co.uk>
- Date: Tue, 16 Aug 2005 21:21:42 +0100
- Hello Listers We were perhaps so mesmerised by the situation, and suffering such a sense of "deja vu", that we were unable to speak! So I'll stick my head above the parapet ... Here we have a "Plan 2
- /html/healeys/2005-08/msg00447.html (10,793 bytes)
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