- 1. Re: Windshield rubber (score: 1)
- Author: PETER DAVIS <paddymck@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 09:04:26 -0400 (EDT)
- Same problem with the seal material supplied for the BN2 windshields, twice the thickness needed. I purchased neoprene rubber sheeting from the McMaster-Carr catalog, www.mcmaster.com. They have all
- /html/healeys/2005-06/msg00695.html (8,340 bytes)
- 2. Re: New Year's Day Drive (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2005 17:58:40 -0500
- We were also able to drive the 100M around the countryside on New Years day in NJ with 58degF and clear sunny sky. Who would believe it. Lots of envious looks from the SUV drivers, helped by some do
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00001.html (8,053 bytes)
- 3. Re: I need a measurement (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Tue, 18 Jan 2005 21:35:09 -0500
- I have attached a photo, that you should be able to see, of the top corner of the original BN2 section I kept from my 56 BN2 restoration. It shows what I think you are describing about the 3 top fra
- /html/healeys/2005-01/msg00360.html (9,571 bytes)
- 4. Re: Tire Pressure (score: 1)
- Author: PETER DAVIS <paddymck@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Sun, 26 Dec 2004 20:14:35 -0600 (GMT-06:00)
- You don't say what rim widths you are using, but the pressure seems very low. I have Vredesteins with 185/70-15 on the front of my 100M and regular profile 185-15 on the rear for higher gearing (ver
- /html/healeys/2004-12/msg00603.html (9,257 bytes)
- 5. Re: new Octane Magazine and Other Healey Stories (score: 1)
- Author: PETER DAVIS <paddymck@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Fri, 5 Nov 2004 09:38:35 -0500 (GMT-05:00)
- The Healey article is in the Dec issue described on their web site and maybe already sent to subscribers. The issue currently on sale at Borders, which I have seen this week in Dallas and New Jersey,
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00133.html (7,740 bytes)
- 6. Re: Looking for Kurt Hoffman - sorry no LBC (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 19:26:43 -0500
- Kurt Hoffman, a great Healey expert and restorer, currently operates Hoffman Vintage Racing 908-568-6698 at 412 Trimmer Road, Califon, NJ 07830, down in Long Valley. He does all types of vintage rac
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00225.html (7,549 bytes)
- 7. More Octane and the Rolex Vintage Festival in Healey Marque (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:03:38 -0500
- The CapeSport advert in the back of the November Octane has a good contemporary picture of John Dalton's 100S AH3702, now owned by Jeremy Broad, in action at a BARC event Goodwood in 56. Today I rece
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00226.html (7,037 bytes)
- 8. Re: 100-4 seat mounting question please. (score: 1)
- Author: PETER DAVIS <paddymck@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 10:55:48 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
- The wood spacers go between the sliders and the floor. I have adjustable sliders on both sides of my BN2 as well. Both the seats will be at the same height and without the wooden spacers the adjuste
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00648.html (8,451 bytes)
- 9. Re: Aluminum Head Valve Adjustment (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Aug 2004 20:54:49 -0400
- My experience with the noise from the rockers with the DW aluminum head is exactly the same as yours and I also set the cold clearance to 0.012in as I have never seen anything to say otherwise. I th
- /html/healeys/2004-08/msg00273.html (8,320 bytes)
- 10. Re: 100M head gasket (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2004 19:07:08 -0400
- I talked to a vintage racecar prep friend of mine today who said he used the DW 3 layer metal gasket dry (per the instructions) with a cast iron head and block at 10.5:1 compression ratio, torqued to
- /html/healeys/2004-08/msg00291.html (8,587 bytes)
- 11. Re: Aluminum Head Valve Adjustment/DW steel head gasket (score: 1)
- Author: PETER DAVIS <paddymck@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 15:38:03 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
- The answer from DW was that the 3 layer steel head gasket is fitted dry for steel or aluminum heads and torqued to 75ft.lb. The chamfer in the DW hardened stud washers (recommended their special stud
- /html/healeys/2004-08/msg00321.html (8,066 bytes)
- 12. BN2 tappet/cam follower replacement - engine in car (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Mon, 30 Aug 2004 20:08:08 -0400
- Can anybody who has tried this, confirm if it is possible to remove the BN2 engine side cover to change the tappets while the engine is still in the car and attached to the mounts, having first remov
- /html/healeys/2004-08/msg00741.html (7,054 bytes)
- 13. Re: wire wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 18:12:47 -0400
- I have 72 spoke chrome 51/2J -15 rim/stainless spoke wheels from Hemphills Healey Haven, Baltimore, 410-788-2291 fitted with 185/70-15 Vredestein Sprint Classic radials. They came as a package, moun
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00448.html (8,986 bytes)
- 14. Re: wire wheels (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 20:57:10 -0400
- I hit the same problem with new Dunlop RS5's on the original 48 spoke BN2 rims (my other ones are the 72 spoke with 185/70 Vredesteins and tubes discussed below), large hole and small diam valve stem
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00598.html (9,624 bytes)
- 15. Re: Balancing Rotors (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 14:58:05 -0400
- The TR rotors are 15 yr since being drilled and still going strong. If the holes are 3/16 to 1/4in diam and spaced apart and assuming you don't have to hollow it out significantly, the integrity of
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00665.html (10,087 bytes)
- 16. Not receiving any emails from the list for several days (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 18:30:45 -0400
- Is the list out of action? Peter Davis
- /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00022.html (6,419 bytes)
- 17. Re: brake light switch (score: 1)
- Author: "Pat Davis" <PADDYMCK@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Sat, 5 Jun 2004 06:40:55 -0400
- I had the same problem with the hydraulic brake switch that you reported. I had installed a new one on my BN2 during the rebuild and had been driving around for months before someone, who had been b
- /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00164.html (8,756 bytes)
- 18. RE: tire presure (score: 1)
- Author: PETER DAVIS <paddymck@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Tue, 11 May 2004 21:14:04 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
- I would think that 38psi with 185 section in a 2300-2400lb car could be bouncing a bit. I was using a 30-32psi in the same tire/wheel combination with tubes on a BN2 which is a bit lighter and gettin
- /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00293.html (7,996 bytes)
- 19. Re: Bias-Ply Tire Recommendations (score: 1)
- Author: PETER DAVIS <paddymck@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 02:36:24 -0400 (GMT-04:00)
- Just fitted new 590-15 Dunlop RS5's on re-furbished original 48 spoke wheels for my 56 100M and have been pleasantly surprised how good the ride is. I can feel they will break away at the back earli
- /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00841.html (7,914 bytes)
- 20. Re: FLAP Cure (score: 1)
- Author: PETER DAVIS <paddymck@peoplepc.com>
- Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 15:33:08 -0400 (EDT)
- You can try what I did which solved my similar BN2 problem. I attached about 2ft of self adhesive black foam rubber draught sealer strip, 3/4in wide and 7/16 thick, to the underside of the windshiel
- /html/healeys/2006-05/msg00567.html (7,973 bytes)
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