Bob:
The holes / plugs are original, and your guess at the number is about right.
They are not consistent - ie: not present in all of the closed frame
sections - doesn't seem to be a lot of rhyme or reason to them. The plug
seems to be a mushroom cap type whose shank fits the hole. Can't find any
specific reference to them in the Body Service Parts List (admittedly a real
quick check) unless they are included in the blanking plug section - they're
listed by hole size on page BA7 of my book.
Give me a couple of days and I'll crawl under my BJ8, count, and measure.
I've also got to get them to fill the holes as I begin to assemble the car.
Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BT7 tri-carb
BJ8
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Spidell" <bspidell@pacbell.net>
To: "healeylist" <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Wednesday, July 28, 2004 8:02 AM
Subject: Re: Frame Plugs
Replying to my own message ... that's a bad sign ;)
Anyway, it appears maybe these plugs may not be original. My BJ8 had
undercoating and I'm wondering if a PO may have had some sort of
treatment applied to the inside of the frame that required drilling some
holes ... I've heard of this being done in some rust-proofing treatments.
Anybody know if the plugs are original? There are maybe 4-6 of them
at various points on the bottom of the box channel portions of the frame,
about where you'd put them if you were going to pump some sort of mist
or fluid into the frame. These are rubber plugs about 7/16" across on the
cap ... don't know exactly what the ID of the hole is since I haven't wanted
to pull the plugs without suitable replacements.
bs
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Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net
'67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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> Anybody know where to get the rubber plugs that plug the holes
> in the frame? I think they'reabout 3/8" ID with a "cap" about 7/16"
> or so.
>
> The usual suspects don't list them ... all this talk about blasting or
> acid-dipping the frames got me wondering where I could get some.
>
>
> bs
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> Bob Spidell San Jose, CA bspidell@pacbell.net
> '67 Austin-Healey 3000 '56 Austin-Healey 100M
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