- 21. Fw: Paintless dent repair (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 13:28:02 -0500
- David, please forward this response to the Healey list, for some reason I cannot seem to post, even though I receive the postings. Thanks R. Harris Hey It isn't magic. Guys that are hiding their "tra
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00013.html (10,451 bytes)
- 22. Anti-freeze (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 15:47:55 -0500
- I'm reluctantly getting ready to put my BT7 up for the winter. Here in RI it gets down to -5 f sometimes. --And I've been running the car on pure water, water-wetter, and no antifreeze. -Any recommen
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00065.html (7,239 bytes)
- 23. Re: Money pits galore! (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2005 23:30:01 -0500
- ....Never thought I'd see a Sunbeam Tiger that had been let get to that condition! Ouch. Dave J, -- Original Message -- From: Charlie Baldwin To: Healey List Sent: Thursday, November 03, 2005 8:10 PM
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00076.html (6,858 bytes)
- 24. Re: Ooops! Did it again, & Cut Off Switch ques. (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 11:52:39 -0500
- One more quick point on the cutoff switch. --A fairly common (notorious) problem with some of the reproduction cutoff switches over the last 10? years or so has been that they can fail internally, le
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00163.html (8,153 bytes)
- 25. Re: Front wheel shims? (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 12 Nov 2005 19:47:01 -0500
- I can't help you with the shims, --but I was warned years ago not to over do the grease for the bearings. --Just to pack them, as normal. --I was told that if the grease cup is filled or a lot of ex
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00246.html (8,488 bytes)
- 26. Re: Pan Pozi screws (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 16:57:40 -0500
- I looked through some of the US suppliers for specific screws..... like Moss, British Victoria Ltd, etc, and their prices seemed quite similar to those that you mentioned. --There may be some source
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00478.html (7,337 bytes)
- 27. Re: Waxes, polishing and other rubs (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 17:14:20 -0500
- I have a lot of show car friends, and they each use something different. I finally just bit the bullet and bought a big tin of Mother's 100% Carnauba paste wax. --The car is newly painted, and there
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00479.html (7,332 bytes)
- 28. 100s on English Ebay (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:46:47 -0500
- I was at Lime Rock that day, and indeed, there were 5 100S's lined up the day I was there, --all in pristine condition. Four were OEW / Lobelia while the 5th was BRG. I feel fortunate to have seen th
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00491.html (8,593 bytes)
- 29. Re: Curses! Coiled Again! (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 20 Nov 2005 21:20:11 -0500
- I had a nearly identical symptom for a large part of the summer with my tricarb. --It drove me nuts. I went through all of the electrical and mechanical potential causes, and finally settled on the
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00500.html (9,549 bytes)
- 30. Re: Fresh Air Knob (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 14:25:45 -0500
- The original cables--the knob had a hole in the side, (bottom) of the shaft of the knob itself. If you push a small screwdriver blade into the hole, it releases an internal clip, and the knob can be
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00511.html (7,199 bytes)
- 31. Re: Waxes (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 17:26:20 -0500
- Hi Gary! MMM........ Perhaps then the 100% refers to what is left, after the volatiles have evaporated, after application. I know that if a bit of it dries, --it becomes that yellow brick-like stuff
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00516.html (9,173 bytes)
- 32. Re: Correct Jack for BJ8 (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 11:04:11 -0500
- ......An orange painted Shelly pot-style ratchet-type screw jack with the numbers CA311 cast into the side. ....Happy Hunting! David W. Jones '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb Cumberland, RI USA Good Day All. Co
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00537.html (6,989 bytes)
- 33. Dremel was Ventilator Removal (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2005 13:59:46 -0500
- I second the Dremel idea. --If you don't have one, they do seem a bit pricey.... But I bought one during my restoration for just such a problem as you describe, and now I don't know what I would have
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00546.html (8,547 bytes)
- 34. Fw: AC Sports Cars. (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Nov 2005 13:10:35 -0500
- --Interesting...... I grew up in Connecticut, and have been aware for some time, that there is a small independent company there, (I think in Bridgeport) --that has been making the best quality Shelb
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00599.html (7,503 bytes)
- 35. BT7 BN7 BJ7 Spark Plug Sockets (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 27 Nov 2005 15:15:01 -0500
- Does anyone have a source for the spark plug sockets for the BT7, BN7 and BJ7 ?? These are the straight, flexible, molded rubber sockets, about 1" long, with a lip on the spark plug end, and the cyl
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00620.html (6,721 bytes)
- 36. Re: Brake line clips (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 15:01:35 -0500
- --Sounds normal to me! --Actually, once you get all of the clips on, and the lines in place, I think you will find that there isn't much movement or rattling. --That, and you may find that spreading
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00641.html (7,536 bytes)
- 37. Re: Another late friday funny/maybe not so funny (kids) (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 18:32:28 -0500
- I really envy (sometimes) the folks who have children with which to share their cars/hobby. --Being single, and late 40s I have often thought it would be nice to share working on the car with a son o
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00705.html (10,419 bytes)
- 38. Re: Another late friday funny/maybe not so funny (kids) (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:14:48 -0500
- Thanks for the good suggestion. Actually, someone has mentioned that to me before, however, I have been looking to see if and when it might become a reality, how financially viable it might be, what
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00709.html (9,601 bytes)
- 39. Re: Another late friday funny/maybe not so funny (kids) (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2005 19:22:37 -0500
- Rudy - Possibly a tax deduction, but I don't think a tax exemption, is your BN4 a dependent? For a lot of us, ...I don't think that is a question easily answered..... Dave J.
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00710.html (8,501 bytes)
- 40. Re: Fulcrum Pin, how do you remove them? (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2005 12:31:05 -0500
- ........also, I found that with a standard hammer, the rubber bush's would absorb the blows, and I got no-where. I resorted to a hand-sledge, and it's mass seemed to help break the pin loose from the
- /html/healeys/2005-11/msg00727.html (8,132 bytes)
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