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41. [Healeys] Mystery....part 1 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:10:42 -0500
Several of you know Gladys, my super-reliable mostly stock 1967 (March 9-10 to be exact) BJ8. I rebuilt her front end, brakes, and engine in 2000 just prior to sending her to Europe for a summer driv
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00127.html (8,753 bytes)

42. [Healeys] Mystery.... part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:12:02 -0500
I decided I couldn't just shoot in the dark at solutions, the rotor substitution was clearly a shot in the dark. That was not my normal "scientific method"; I clearly needed to be more methodical. I
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00128.html (9,443 bytes)

43. [Healeys] Mystery....part 3 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:13:06 -0500
My next test was to check the cylinder compression ..perhaps I'd blown a head gasket? (In all 6 cylinders simultaneously?).. Yes, I'm clearly grasping at straws at this point. As you might have guess
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00129.html (7,680 bytes)

44. Re: [Healeys] Mystery....part 3 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:59:15 -0500
Oops.... "The answer" is not in Part 2.... it will be provided in "part Sorry for the confusion -skip My next test was to check the cylinder compression ..perhaps I'd blown a head gasket? (In all 6 c
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00133.html (8,373 bytes)

45. Re: [Healeys] Mystery....part 3 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2009 22:59:51 -0500
Nope. still there Did you lose the welch plug in the rear end of the intake manifold? Bill Lawrence but my _______________________________________________ Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00134.html (8,547 bytes)

46. Re: [Healeys] Mystery....part 3 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 08:56:39 -0500
Yes, that is why it is important to really check the carbs thoroughly. When I took the carbs apart, the fuel chambers were full of fuel; but I rebuilt the carbs anyway. I was suspicious that perhaps
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00142.html (10,093 bytes)

47. Re: [Healeys] Mystery.... part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:03:13 -0500
Yes.... You too are reading the symptoms very well indeed. The coil was indeed my first choice, but once I saw spark, I had no choice other than to presume that fuel was not getting through the carbs
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00143.html (9,903 bytes)

48. Re: [Healeys] Mystery....part 3 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:10:43 -0500
Yes, indeed. But on a Healey, the first thing to suspect is spark. (Since, complete failure is most like a single point cause, and ignition (spark) issues can usually be pointed to failure of a singl
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00144.html (8,950 bytes)

49. Re: [Healeys] Mystery....part 4...BRAKES!! (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 09:22:31 -0500
Bill Lawrence was closest to the right answer. He first suggested I had lost the welch plug at the end of the intake manifold..and then later suggested perhaps I'd lost one of the drain plugs. The ri
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00145.html (7,980 bytes)

50. Re: [Healeys] Mystery....part 3 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 10:29:40 -0500
That makes sense...normally. But Healeys are special cars...we can hear the fuel pump..:-). Since I could hear the fuel pump running until pressure was built up in the lines, the "checking for fuel"
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00147.html (9,056 bytes)

51. Re: [Healeys] Mystery.... part 2 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:15:34 -0500
Aha!!!!.... very creative!!!.... Next time I'll have to include a check for those "hole-less" (or should I say "unholy"?) gaskets...LOL Thanks -skip The wire from the coil to the cut-off switch in th
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00152.html (9,179 bytes)

52. Re: [Healeys] Mystery....part 3 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2009 15:53:25 -0500
That would have done it....but both needles would have needed to fall at the same time.... Nice (and interesting) possibility....(Of course, I'd have noticed that when I rebuilt the carbs...:-) ...I
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00154.html (9,591 bytes)

53. Re: [Healeys] Cost of 3.54 diff (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2009 23:23:48 -0500
I paid $150 for one from a junk dealer in Galeto California about 4 yrs I gather that the new ones from Lempert were a bit more for just the gears (I think around $250).... (I bought two of those any
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00285.html (8,606 bytes)

54. Re: [Healeys] driving Healeys in winter! (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jan 2009 20:22:04 -0500
Yes, it is cold here in New England...the high temp on Friday is expected to be 5 degrees (F)....Nevertheless, I took Gladys out for a short run today...:-).... someday she is going to punish me for
/html/healeys/2009-01/msg00315.html (8,750 bytes)

55. Re: [Healeys] Starter Problems BJ8 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2009 20:57:57 -0500
Sometimes the brushes in the starter motor hang up just off of the armature.... If you rap on the outside case of the starter with a hammer, it can dislodge the brushes and you'll be able to start th
/html/healeys/2009-02/msg00288.html (9,353 bytes)

56. Re: [Healeys] Starter Problems BJ8 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 2009 11:16:41 -0500
I've had "rebuilders" tell me my starter was ok.... and it "was almost ok"....but they missed the hanging brush issue. The brushes can fall down and make good connection in the tech shop (partially b
/html/healeys/2009-02/msg00297.html (10,068 bytes)

57. Re: [Healeys] Fasteners Securing Cardboard Around Fuel Filler Pipe, BJ8 (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Apr 2009 17:49:09 -0400
My father was a Snap On dealer in the 1970's. He gave me my set of pozidrive drivers. The handles of the drivers he gave me are grey....(Yes, I still have them; and use them on my BJ7 and BJ8) Thanks
/html/healeys/2009-04/msg00067.html (10,266 bytes)

58. Re: [Healeys] Searching for my BT7... (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:47:21 -0400
http://www.coloramic.com/articles/hlyclrs.htm Don prepared a marvelous book that contains all the color chips.... -skip Hi, all. Please educate me on colors -- where can I find an accurate color char
/html/healeys/2009-04/msg00197.html (7,995 bytes)

59. Re: [Healeys] conclave --- returning to the USA (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 21:54:59 -0400
They don't turn you away at airport immigration (where the various sports figures would arrive) for DUI...but they do turn people who are at the wheel of a car at the border....I've heard sad stories
/html/healeys/2009-06/msg00267.html (9,774 bytes)

60. Re: [Healeys] Starter Solenoid Question (score: 1)
Author: "Skip Saunders" <tfsbj7@mindspring.com>
Date: Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:51:32 -0400
Just a small nit.... My BJ8 is unrestored, I was just looking at the solenoid and the large lead from the battery is on the terminal closest to the chassis, and the large lead to the starter is on th
/html/healeys/2009-06/msg00414.html (9,304 bytes)

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