- 281. Intermittent miss (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 3 Jul 2004 12:15:19 EDT
- My wife's BN7 misses--very occasionally--when accelerating from low rpm's (1800-2000). Usually there is only one or two "hesitations" and once at higher rpm's there is no miss at all. There is no mis
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00099.html (7,111 bytes)
- 282. Re: Smitty Problem (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 17:06:17 EDT
- In a message dated 7/4/2004 4:09:08 PM Eastern Daylight Time, rusd@velocitus.net writes: Copper just has too many failures due to work hardening/ fatigue cracking to be safe for fuel or brake lines.
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00132.html (7,689 bytes)
- 283. Jim Albeck (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 18:19:49 EDT
- I first met Jim and Shirley at Conclave 2001 in Minnesota, then spent some time with them in 2002 at Tahoe. A week later when my transmission broke I made it down to Smitty's shop to buy a replacemen
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00244.html (7,160 bytes)
- 284. Pittsburgh Vintage Grand Prix (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 15 Jul 2004 17:39:06 EDT
- Mary and I are driving to Pittsburgh tomorrow for the PVGP weekend. Saturday has got to be the best car show in this part of the country--many, many LBC's form the thrust of the event with separate v
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00339.html (6,853 bytes)
- 285. BN7--Intermittent miss, continued (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2004 21:01:54 EDT
- I posted a few weeks back about an intermittent miss on the 3000, to which I received a number of helpful, if inconsistent, replies--some suggesting mixture and others spark.. In the interim, the int
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00455.html (8,210 bytes)
- 286. Re: BN7--Intermittent miss, continued (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 07:51:43 EDT
- In a message dated 7/20/2004 12:15:25 AM Eastern Daylight Time, international_investor@yahoo.com writes: Are you using solid wire or graphite core spark plug wires? If you are using graphite wires, t
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00473.html (7,841 bytes)
- 287. Re: Healey International 2007 ??????? (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 20 Jul 2004 18:05:31 EDT
- Four years' travel time should be sufficient indeed. Best--Michael Oritt
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00504.html (6,926 bytes)
- 288. Re: Healey Audio (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Wed, 21 Jul 2004 22:47:34 EDT
- I have a 70 watt CD player, plus a DW large-bore exhaust which exits just in front of the left rear wheel. So long as I know the name, tune and lyrics of the song to which I am listening I can hear i
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00549.html (7,799 bytes)
- 289. Re: BJ8 Nuts and Bolts (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 2004 21:19:54 EDT
- Best--Michael
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00571.html (7,665 bytes)
- 290. Re: Healey Ain't No "Girly-Men's" Car (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 23 Jul 2004 08:50:57 EDT
- Cars that are somewhat androgenous in appearance: Fiat 124 Spyder Nash (BMC) Metropolitan Datsun 1600/2000 Karman-Ghia and Beetle convertibles Best--Michael
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00585.html (8,490 bytes)
- 291. Re: fuel pump problems (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 12:07:42 EDT
- I'd suspect either an air leak or that the screen on the tank fuel pickup is clogged. FWIW I removed the screen (it really serves as a filter which is not visible or easily serviced) and installed an
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00661.html (7,343 bytes)
- 292. Re: fuel tank filter (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 16:57:23 EDT
- In a message dated 7/25/2004 4:50:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ronfineesq@earthlink.net writes: Just a question. How does one remove the fuel tank filter at the end of the pickup without cutting open
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00670.html (8,108 bytes)
- 293. Re: fuel tank filter (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Sun, 25 Jul 2004 18:42:48 EDT
- In a message dated 7/25/2004 6:08:38 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ronfineesq@earthlink.net writes: Michael, my tank is out of my car but the 90 degree fitting at the tank looks like it is welded to the
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00674.html (8,501 bytes)
- 294. Re: French (No Technical Content) (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Mon, 26 Jul 2004 22:02:56 EDT
- In a message dated 7/26/2004 9:54:05 PM Eastern Daylight Time, davidwjones@cox.net writes: Rather than being just about Healeys, I'd like to think that it is about Healey people too -- David-- There
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00726.html (6,816 bytes)
- 295. Intermittent miss--good news and bad (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 10:07:44 EDT
- Last week at Dave Russell's urging I directed my attention to the mixture. He suggested that I start by doing nothing more than increasing the weight of the oil in the carb dampers, so I did this. Wh
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00817.html (8,950 bytes)
- 296. Re: Intermittent miss--good news and bad (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2004 15:46:23 EDT
- I tried that one at a time and there was no difference at all--the noise is the same regardless, just changed by the rpm's decreasing when I detached the plug lead, but not lessened by a particular c
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00832.html (8,287 bytes)
- 297. Intermittent Miss/now Noise (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 09:31:36 EDT
- After several listers pointed out that I should reexamined whether the starter pinion is interfering with the ring gear and causing the noise I went to the auto store and bought some starter shims. I
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00852.html (7,398 bytes)
- 298. Noise found (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Fri, 30 Jul 2004 17:06:15 EDT
- 1. Screwed around with shims on the starter mounts and ran engine--noise still there. 2. Jacked car up and pulled starter, dropped car down and roll-started it with no starter at all--noise still th
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00860.html (6,883 bytes)
- 299. Noise found, continued (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Sat, 31 Jul 2004 09:48:23 EDT
- I dropped the oil pan and found a nice bright scratch inside about 3/8" wide where one or both of the big-end bearing nuts for the #2 cylinder was tapping agaiinst the pan at the very bottom of its t
- /html/healeys/2004-07/msg00873.html (6,965 bytes)
- 300. Re: List Help Not Healey related. (score: 1)
- Author: Awgertoo@aol.com
- Date: Tue, 1 Jun 2004 19:37:21 EDT
- In a message dated 6/1/2004 7:35:31 PM Eastern Daylight Time, ronfineesq@earthlink.net writes: If anyone on the Healey list reads this message please e-mail me directly (ronfineesq@earthlink.net). I'
- /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00008.html (6,813 bytes)
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