- 1. Re: Choke Cable Positioning (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 11:09:51 -0300
- I have a late BN4 with the choke is in the same position. My cable comes through the firewall just to the right of the left hand hinge - between the hinge and the fuse block. Probably yours would be
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00120.html (7,063 bytes)
- 2. Re: Rear license plate mounting (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Thu, 05 May 2005 21:34:26 -0300
- My BN4 has two holes - one for the license plate bracket and the other for the license plate light wires to pass through. The hole for the bracket bolt is centered, the one for the wires is to the r
- /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00129.html (7,409 bytes)
- 3. Re: Engine ID Plate Reproduction (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Mon, 13 Dec 2004 14:59:23 -0400
- Todd Clarke - Clarke Spares and Restorations in Doylestown PA phone 215-348-0595 or www.clarkespares.com He did a good job for me. Rick Swain '59 BN4
- /html/healeys/2004-12/msg00264.html (6,970 bytes)
- 4. Door Repairs - measurements needed (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Fri, 17 Dec 2004 16:47:45 -0400
- When I rebuilt my BN4 the body man didn't do anything apart from some filling and smoothing to my doors. They had been repaired poorly years before - there's about a half inch of filler at the bottom
- /html/healeys/2004-12/msg00364.html (7,651 bytes)
- 5. Re: Best way to degrease an engine bay (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 09:34:57 -0400
- Patton I don't know whether or not your engine is out. We're doing an engine rebuild on a BJ8 and the owner wanted the engine bay cleaned up while it's accessible. I took out everything I could remov
- /html/healeys/2004-12/msg00461.html (9,448 bytes)
- 6. Smitty 5 speed Conversion (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Mon, 22 Nov 2004 09:55:34 -0400
- This has no doubt been covered before but I wasn't paying attention because I'm happy with my Healey gearbox. However, there's a BJ8 in the shop where I work part time whose owner wants a 5 speed ins
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00435.html (6,843 bytes)
- 7. 2639 to 2912 (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Tue, 05 Jan 1904 00:17:57 -0400
- I'm rebuilding my 6 port BN4 and it appears this is the first time for a rebuild - pistons are stamped and matched to corresponding numbers on the block. The engine appears in pretty good shape. I ne
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00319.html (7,024 bytes)
- 8. Re: 2639 to 2912 (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1904 00:41:49 -0400
- I got several replies to my question about boring out a 100-6 block to accept 3000 pistons. Some, but not all, of the replies went to the whole list so you will no doubt have seen some of the replies
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00329.html (9,324 bytes)
- 9. Re: Colorado Red (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Wed, 04 Aug 2004 20:40:36 -0300
- Richard I was told that a Porsche colour (from the 80's I believe) called Guards Red is close enough to Colorado Red to be indistinguishable from it. That's what I used on my car. It looked the same
- /html/healeys/2004-08/msg00106.html (7,857 bytes)
- 10. Tonneau Help (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Wed, 02 Jun 2004 13:02:15 -0300
- My BN4 came with a tonneau cover that looks pretty good but is something a previous owner had made locally. It doesn't have the stiffeners that factory covers came with so sags a bit especially when
- /html/healeys/2004-06/msg00078.html (6,658 bytes)
- 11. Re: what color scheme do you have on your Healey? (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Thu, 06 May 2004 08:18:47 -0300
- Michael My car: Model - 1959 BN4 Paint - Colorado Red with black coves Carpets - Black (local upholstery shop) Panel kits - Black (home made not a kit) Seats - Black (leather and vinyl) with red pipi
- /html/healeys/2004-05/msg00130.html (9,204 bytes)
- 12. Re:BN7 and BT7???? 100-6 Service Parts List on eBay (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Sat, 03 Apr 2004 13:39:53 -0400
- Patton I've come across two of these manuals - must be from the early days of the 3000. Outside they say 100-Six (BN7 and BT7) but inside, the two I have seen have all the pages labelled 3000 - BN7
- /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00073.html (7,196 bytes)
- 13. Replacement Chassis (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 16:39:38 -0300
- On page 16 of Anderson and Moment's book there is a photograph of a newly manufactured replacement Healey chassis complete with bulkheads and inner fenders. Are these still available? Where? I've com
- /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00370.html (7,162 bytes)
- 14. Replacement Chassis (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2004 10:52:34 -0300
- Thanks to all for your replies about a replacement Healey chassis. Replies seem divided into 2 camps - those who like Jule frames and those who suggest I stay away from them. I've followed up with so
- /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00402.html (7,652 bytes)
- 15. Replacement Chassis Conundrum (warning - long) (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 09:45:03 -0300
- I think I really opened a can of worms for myself with my question about a replacement chassis for my Healey. I'll give you some background. I spent last winter and most of the summer redoing my '59
- /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00428.html (10,352 bytes)
- 16. Reapair/Restoration Shop (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Sat, 17 Apr 2004 17:04:09 -0300
- I wonder if anybody on the list from southern Ontario can help me. I'm going to be in Chatham next week taking my mother to visit family and friends. I won't have much time for traipsing around but w
- /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00554.html (6,734 bytes)
- 17. First Drive (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Mon, 19 Apr 2004 16:57:28 -0300
- I finally got around to adjusting the carbs I rebuilt this winter and my wife and I went for our first drive in the Healey when she got home from work. The driveway has dried up so I didn't get the c
- /html/healeys/2004-04/msg00593.html (6,958 bytes)
- 18. Re: Hole in Top (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Sun, 05 Feb 2006 11:33:12 -0400
- Ned My BN4 came with top that, unfortunately, a squirrel had chewed a hole in to get to a spot to store some nuts. I didn't want to replace an essentially new top because of a 1" diameter hole. My so
- /html/healeys/2006-02/msg00143.html (7,534 bytes)
- 19. Healey Drive (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 15:13:22 -0400
- I just came in from washing my BN4. I had to wash it because my wife and I went out for a drive. It's a warm sunny day here in Nova Scotia - about 8 degrees celsius or 46 degrees fahrenheit. I had ju
- /html/healeys/2006-01/msg00512.html (6,913 bytes)
- 20. Re: Vintage lugage rack (score: 1)
- Author: Rick Swain <grain@auracom.com>
- Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2006 11:40:17 -0300
- I found an Amco rack for an MGB and it fits my Healey fine. Might be easier to find an MGB rack than a Healey one. However I do have a fiberglass trunk lid and the interior bracing may be a different
- /html/healeys/2006-04/msg00067.html (6,918 bytes)
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