- 241. Re: [Healeys] distributor off (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Thu, 26 Nov 2009 10:51:13 -0800
- If you are sure that the distributor drive gear is correctly fitted and in the correct position - I suggest that you do this stuff with the engine at the TDC mark, making absolutely certain that it
- /html/healeys/2009-11/msg00793.html (7,957 bytes)
- 242. Re: [Healeys] Hidden Radio Antenna (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:20:58 -0700
- Al / Jerry: http://www.ecshylites.com/page/page/603561.htm I've had one of these things sitting around - destined for my as yet uncompleted BJ8. Don't see why it won't work - I figured I'd simply thr
- /html/healeys/2010-03/msg00328.html (8,633 bytes)
- 243. Re: [Healeys] Austin Healey Barbie clock radio (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Thu, 8 Apr 2010 20:42:37 -0700
- I use mine - seems to keep good time and doesn't leak oil. Maybe you got one with a Lucas clock movement. Earl Kagna Victoria, B.C. BT7 tri-carb BJ8 Does anyone have an Austin Healey Barbie clock ra
- /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00178.html (8,109 bytes)
- 244. Re: [Healeys] Austin Healey Barbie clock radio (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 10 Apr 2010 09:06:14 -0700
- G'day yourself Patrick: Perhaps the problem is that the clock radio won't work upside down! Cheers,Earl Kagna Victoria, B.C. BT7 tri-carb BJ8 G'day Mine is brand new and still in the box it was sold
- /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00229.html (8,808 bytes)
- 245. Re: [Healeys] Overdrive Ideas Needed (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 12:01:06 -0700
- Many of us are running Redline MTL or MT90 in out gearboxes with no problems. In fact, many of us have discovered that these oils which are designed for use in 'manual transaxles' produce a better f
- /html/healeys/2010-04/msg00690.html (9,500 bytes)
- 246. Re: [Healeys] template for BJ8 clutch (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 19:28:27 -0700
- Alan / Ira: Sorry to disagree - the BJ8 clutch uses a larger mounting bolt than the earlier one, and 3 dowels instead of 2. The fix is the same - take the flywheel and the clutch cover to a good mach
- /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00534.html (9,082 bytes)
- 247. Re: [Healeys] template for BJ8 clutch (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 20:45:07 -0700
- As far as I can tell from the literature that I have, the change to the diaphragm clutch was made late in the BJ7 production and ran right to the end of BJ8 production - with the corresponding chang
- /html/healeys/2010-05/msg00536.html (10,313 bytes)
- 248. Re: [Healeys] Overdrive problem #1 (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 6 Jun 2010 08:24:20 -0700
- This happened to a friend of mine awhile back - overdrive wouldn't disengage, but if he wailed 5 - 10 minutes, upon starting the car again it was out of overdrive. Turned out that there was a small
- /html/healeys/2010-06/msg00122.html (8,449 bytes)
- 249. Re: [Healeys] Ah, the rivet...and the Assumptions Within (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 13:24:25 -0800
- My '62 tri-carb (fairly late top-shift) has it's original headlight rings with rivets - no clips in evidence, just the rivets in the holes. My very late BJ8 is the same - rivets, no clips. I believe
- /html/healeys/2010-12/msg00126.html (11,180 bytes)
- 250. Re: [Healeys] boot lid fit (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2010 13:11:17 -0800
- Have you inadvertently interchanged the right and left boot lid hinges? - they are sloped slightly differently. That might be contributing to the mis-fit problem. There should be enough play in the
- /html/healeys/2010-12/msg00132.html (10,294 bytes)
- 251. Re: [Healeys] Was Diffs, Now transmissions (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sat, 8 Jan 2011 13:46:41 -0800
- Looks like if I want to enjoy a 'tingle' in the Healey, I'd better remove the Smitty Toyota conversion from the BJ8 (which is now almost complete - a full restoration) and install the original gearb
- /html/healeys/2011-01/msg00132.html (9,591 bytes)
- 252. Re: [Healeys] Conclave vs Rendezous (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:43:46 -0700
- For me the timing works well this year since the meets are a week apart and relatively close together. I'm planning on going to both - all on the same trip. I wouldn't be coming to Conclave this year
- /html/healeys/2011-03/msg00470.html (7,460 bytes)
- 253. [Healeys] BJ8 for sale -- (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 22:42:19 -0700
- Fellow Listers: An acquaintance of mine has listed for sale his very nice BJ8 here in Victoria. The link below will take you to the ad: http://www.usedvictoria.com/classified-ad/1967-Austin-Healey-BJ
- /html/healeys/2011-03/msg00579.html (6,744 bytes)
- 254. Re: [Healeys] Ashtray style (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 19:24:00 -0700
- I'm just working my way through this ashtray thing right now. The new astray I bought - sourced fro Autofarm in Ontario - will not take the original insert without a lot of fiddling, at least the on
- /html/healeys/2011-04/msg00197.html (8,534 bytes)
- 255. Re: [Healeys] Girling brake booster (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Mon, 9 May 2011 08:31:54 -0700
- I have been under the impression that this smaller Girling booster was used on the earlier (optional) booster equipped Healeys with the type 14 brake calliper and the smaller master cyl. - ie: some B
- /html/healeys/2011-05/msg00123.html (8,763 bytes)
- 256. Re: [Healeys] BJ8 Cooling System (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Sun, 22 May 2011 13:16:53 -0700
- You're close. As I understand it, the bypass function on the engine is designed to block (mostly) the bypass hole to the head with the sleeve on the thermostat in order to speed up the warm-up. This
- /html/healeys/2011-05/msg00442.html (8,892 bytes)
- 257. [Healeys] Fw: BJ8 Cooling System (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Mon, 23 May 2011 13:25:24 -0700
- Steve - of course, you are correct. Thank goodness another Healey 'guru' stepped up. In any case, I believe that the conclusion is pretty much the same: it's okay to use an el-cheapo thermostat, but
- /html/healeys/2011-05/msg00505.html (9,666 bytes)
- 258. [Healeys] Bugeye available -- (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 13:32:04 -0700
- This is an estate sale: Early bugeye for sale, full restoration completed approx. 1 year ago, was a pretty solid car to start with. 1275 engine fully rebuilt, front end rebuilt, later disk brakes in
- /html/healeys/2011-08/msg00216.html (7,266 bytes)
- 259. Re: [Healeys] Cam shoe rod sticking (score: 1)
- Author: "Earl Kagna" <kags@shaw.ca>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2011 18:30:32 -0800
- All - The little roller referred to is actually a fibre roller - not leather. The problem is that over the years the roller gets stiff, won't roll properly and the cam shoe wears a flat spot on it fr
- /html/healeys/2011-11/msg00346.html (12,178 bytes)
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