Phil:
Had something happen to me a long time ago on one of the Healeys: Had a
noise that seemed to be similar to that which you describe.
Turned out to be a slightly loose generator fan that would occasionally just
barely graze something on the body of the generator - made the weirdest
noise, and took a long time to find.
Check for that, and possibly a water pump pulley or bearing problem.
Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BT7 tri-carb
BJ8
----- Original Message -----
From: <MKIII4ME@aol.com>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 02, 2005 5:32 PM
Subject: Healey problem.Can anyone help?
This was received from one of our club members of the Cascade Austin Healey
Club.
Can anyone help this guy?
Thanks,
Dennis
1965 BJ8
Jim,
AS you may or may not remember, I have the 60 BRG BN7.
We were going to go to Winthrop last Friday and got as far as Arlington.
Maybe you can put this into the query list for me as I am not sure how to
get
it into the e-mail.
I have had a problem that has been very intermittent.
I was driving along at about 60 and all of a sudden,
I hear this strange noise,
It sounds like a mechanical unwinding.
A fast metallic clicking ( only clunkier)
And then it seems to wind down in speed,
Even though the engine speed is steady,
And it settles to a speed in line with the speed of the engine,
It then varies with engine speed.
It is coming form the engine compartment,
But to determine the exact location by noise seems impossible.
Usually it stops on its own after a few seconds,
Like about 20 to 30,
But this time it continued as I coasted on the shoulder for another mile.
I pulled the vale cover at the roadside,
And could not find any thing abnormal,
I then shut it off and let it sit for a few minutes while I kicked the
tires,
AS has happened in the past,
It went away when I restarted the engine,
And I got it back to the garage.
Now, I am not a mechanic by occupation,
And troubleshooting a part time problem like this is frustrating,
I felt that it may be the starter hanging up and partially releasing,
This would account for it not always happening,
The previous week we had driven over Stevens, Bluet and Snoqualmie without
any
problems.
However, the week before that we had driving out to Monroe and it happened
there for about 20 seconds and cleared it self.
Not a regular thing.
I also thought maybe it was in the transmission,
But not sure what it would be that would let loose like that and then self
heal.
Thought maybe it was in the timing chain, but again, why would it be self
healing?
(I tried to get the timing cover off, but ran into a problem removing the
dog
not. Any suggestions on getting it off? Is it left hand thread?)
I could use some suggestions if anyone has any history with this type of
problem.
Thanks for listening and will look forward to any input.
Philip M. Daniels
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