Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake servo

From: Ron Osowski via Healeys <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 20 Sep 2024 02:22:43 +0000 k7KMBcscu328+CcjPpFnWmJ/Ks3iHOLUesWy932VHKMt7wiu3o5gZSMbomGqT8XD6wZabBCgSVd0kYyqJIoBT5wv5Y+goLRs9lCOKQ26Vd/O0YT9BKHCWiaX 5csQ9I4xj24Mt852wGItF1JfH8qqYctzeeNPSPyoaF9rW8dF0HeIfqBckSH3UJIwcBhdNxgB2kCyNZZJqzgV4g==

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I purchased a PBR VH40 for my BJ8 from hemiperformance.com in=0AAustrali=
a several years ago. Their website shows that they offer a=0Asimilar (ma=
ybe same) product now listed from "Protex (formerly PBR)"=0Afor AU$685.=
=0A=0A=09-----------------------------------------From: "Alan Seigrist"=
 =0ATo: "Simon Lachlan"=0ACc: "Alan Wasserman"=0ASent: Thursday Septembe=
r 19 2024 8:50:26PM=0ASubject: Re: [Healeys] Brake servo=0A=0A I have us=
ed both. The PBR is a far superior unit to the Lockheed. The=0ALockheed'=
s pressure valve sits at the bottom of the unit and when it=0Agets wet i=
t can corrode.. making the unit inoperable. I have no idea=0Awhy they do=
n't put a SS sleeve in there, then there would not be a=0Aproblem=0A=0A=
 Anyway, I've had the PBR on my BJ8 for 30 years, and for various=0Areas=
ons the car has sat for years from time to time. Every time I=0Astart it=
 up, the booster works flawlessly. =0A You can order them on ebay, and d=
irect from OZ =0A=0A On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 5:57=E2=80=AFAM Simon Lachl=
an via Healeys  wrote:=0A  Well, as you know, they came with Girling uni=
ts. I had one in my BT7=0AMkII, rare for those models. Anyhow, it was di=
sconnected when I bought=0Athe car so I had to rebuild it with a kit. Th=
at lasted about 10 years=0Athen one of the "new" parts proved to be solu=
ble in brake fluid and=0Adisintegrated. That nearly ended in tears. Anot=
her kit, from a=0Ahopefully more reliable source, but I never trusted it=
. So.......it=0Awas my feeling that, if I couldn't fix a Girling, then a=
ny second hand=0AGirling out there would be unreliable. I elected to rep=
lace it before=0Ait let me down again.=0A Seems that the two most usual=
 substitutes are Lockheed or PBR, the=0Alatter being Australian. I'd hea=
rd much better reports for the PBR so=0AI looked out for one of them. Th=
ey are very rare, if sold at all, in=0Athe UK. Anyhow, someone imported=
 a BJ8 back here from the US and found=0Aa spare new PBR in the boot (tr=
unk!). I bought that for a song and=0Afitted it. Easy fit with the suppl=
ied brackets. Works well. I like it.=0ATheir model code, for my BT7 at l=
east, is VH40. I checked that with=0APBR.=0A Simon=0A=0A -----Original M=
essage-----=0A From: Healeys  On Behalf Of Alan Wasserman=0A Sent: 19 Se=
ptember 2024 19:50=0A To: [email-masked]=0A Subject: [Healeys] B=
rake servo=0A=0A Does anyone have or can direct me to purchase a brake s=
ervo for my=0A=E2=80=9866 bj8? Thanks=0A=0A Alan Wasserman=0AAlanwasserm=
[email-masked]=0A 732-887-0742=0Awww.wassermanstudio.com [1]=0A ________=
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<html><body>I purchased a PBR VH40 for my BJ8 from hemiperformance.com i=
n Australia several years ago. Their website shows that they offer a sim=
ilar (maybe same) product now listed from "Protex (formerly PBR)" for AU=
$685.<br><br><div class=3D"reply-new-signature"></div><p>---------------=
--------------------------</p>From: "Alan Seigrist" <[email-masked]=
m><br>To: "Simon Lachlan"<br>Cc: "Alan Wasserman"<br>Sent: Thursday Sept=
ember 19 2024 8:50:26PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] Brake servo<br><br>=0A=
<div dir=3D"ltr">I have used both.&nbsp; The PBR is a far superior=0Auni=
t to the Lockheed.&nbsp; The Lockheed's pressure&nbsp;valve sits=0Aat th=
e bottom of the unit and when it gets wet it can corrode..=0Amaking the=
 unit inoperable.&nbsp; I have no idea why they don't put=0Aa SS sleeve&=
nbsp;in there, then there would not be a problem<br><br>=0AAnyway, I've=
 had the PBR on my BJ8 for 30 years, and for various=0Areasons the car h=
as sat for years from time to time.&nbsp;=0AEvery&nbsp;time I start it u=
p, the booster works flawlessly.=0A<div><br></div>=0A<div>You can order=
 them on ebay, and direct from OZ</div>=0A<div><br></div>=0A<div><br></d=
iv>=0A</div>=0A<br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=0A<div dir=3D"ltr" class=
=3D"gmail_attr">On Fri, Sep 20, 2024 at 5:57=E2=80=AFAM=0ASimon Lachlan=
 via Healeys &lt;<a>[email-masked]</a>&gt;=0Awrote:<br></div>=0A=
<blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px .8ex;borde=
r-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex;">=0AWell, as you kno=
w, they came with Girling units. I had one in my=0ABT7 MkII, rare for th=
ose models. Anyhow, it was disconnected when I=0Abought the car so I had=
 to rebuild it with a kit. That lasted about=0A10 years then one of the=
 "new" parts proved to be soluble in brake=0Afluid and disintegrated. Th=
at nearly ended in tears. Another kit,=0Afrom a hopefully more reliable=
 source, but I never trusted it.=0ASo.......it was my feeling that, if I=
 couldn't fix a Girling, then=0Aany second hand Girling out there would=
 be unreliable. I elected to=0Areplace it before it let me down again.<b=
r>=0ASeems that the two most usual substitutes are Lockheed or PBR, the=
=0Alatter being Australian. I'd heard much better reports for the PBR=0A=
so I looked out for one of them. They are very rare, if sold at=0Aall, i=
n the UK. Anyhow, someone imported a BJ8 back here from the=0AUS and fou=
nd a spare new PBR in the boot (trunk!). I bought that=0Afor a song and=
 fitted it. Easy fit with the supplied brackets.=0AWorks well. I like it=
. Their model code, for my BT7 at least, is=0AVH40. I checked that with=
 PBR.<br>=0ASimon<br><br>=0A-----Original Message-----<br>=0AFrom: Heale=
ys &lt;<a>[email-masked]</a>&gt; On Behalf Of=0AAlan Was=
serman<br>=0ASent: 19 September 2024 19:50<br>=0ATo: <a>[email-masked]=
am.net</a><br>=0ASubject: [Healeys] Brake servo<br><br>=0ADoes anyone ha=
ve or can direct me to purchase a brake servo for my=0A=E2=80=9866 bj8?&=
nbsp; Thanks<br><br>=0AAlan Wasserman<br><a>[email-masked]</a=
><br>=0A732-887-0742<br><a href=3D"http://www.wassermanstudio.com">www.w=
assermanstudio.com</a><br>=0A___________________________________________=
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