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161. Re: Overdrive wierdness - I'm not really sure (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 15:09:37 -0600
Thanks for the correction, I was thinking the centrifugal switch lasted until the 100/6. Although probably an uneccesary complication it is a cool bit of period engineering. Mine works fine after 50
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00159.html (10,092 bytes)

162. Re: Overdrive wierdness - I'm not really sure (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 15:31:32 -0600
Purpose of the throttle switch is to save wear and tear on the overdrive and driveline. When you kick get out of overdrive the motor will need to be going faster to match road speed. By requiring a c
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00164.html (11,965 bytes)

163. Re: Brake Rotor removal (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Nov 2004 22:09:21 -0600
I think the hard part isn't the big nut, but getting the grease cap off so you can access the nut which shuold have a threaded extrusion you can grab with a special tool or do what I did and buy a ex
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00170.html (7,072 bytes)

164. Re: "Your Mileage May Vary" (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 21:08:15 -0600
My BN1 doesn't do any better than the low 20s on the highway at best, but I have a tired engine with poor compression, which probably doesn't help. Motor is stock, but I do have a petronix and bosch
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00297.html (8,344 bytes)

165. Re: BN2 original color (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 19:36:59 -0600
Allen, "there are a lot of blues out there and its a hard color to match" (sorry) What you do is up to you. You can use what you have which apparently is accepted as correct, try to match what is on
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00360.html (8,583 bytes)

166. Re: BN2 original color (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 17:46:16 -0600
I guess my thought was not so much how the paint is sold, that is up to them, but that the idea that a paying customer politely and fairly (in my opinion) raised an issue with a product and was blast
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00370.html (10,911 bytes)

167. Re: Oh My! Its a BN2, an BN4 or a BNwhatever (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 08:28:30 -0600
for original
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00404.html (8,383 bytes)

168. Re: Help! Fuel Leak! (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 13:53:37 -0600
" Brent - That nipple is the fuel drain for the manifold. It is standard equipment on all SU carbed British Cars from the 50's and 60's. You are missing the copper pipette that screws to the bottom o
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00424.html (8,090 bytes)

169. Re: Lincoln Continental (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 18:02:59 -0600
A quick look shows no new Lincoln Continental model for 2004 or 2005. Websites likes Edmunds.com list used cars going back to 90 or so, some research there and you could figure out when the line ende
/html/healeys/2004-11/msg00536.html (7,691 bytes)

170. Re: Petronix (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 20:30:43 -0500
I have run Ptronix on the last tow cars I owned for about 7 years total now with no problems. That being said as David Jones says a properly sorted stock ignition system is pretty reliable as well. A
/html/healeys/2004-10/msg00066.html (7,868 bytes)

171. Re: frozen brake adjuster (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2004 19:30:48 -0500
I have had good luck with a product called PB Blaster on frozen/corroded stuff don't know about MAP gas and heating, I just use a propane torch when I apply heat, it doesn't get as hot as MAP gas if
/html/healeys/2004-10/msg00212.html (6,933 bytes)

172. Re: Steering Column (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 13:08:30 -0500
I think, but don't know for sure that the concern about the harpooning wheel came from barrier crash tests conducted by the feds in the 60s. I remember seeing films of such tests years ago. You gener
/html/healeys/2004-10/msg00296.html (8,755 bytes)

173. Re: Healey trophies (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 17 Oct 2004 21:09:24 -0500
The cheap solution, Hot Wheels makes a die cast 100, fairly common, has a hot rod look, but basic shape is good. Johnny Lightning makes a nice sprite I believe both are approximately 1/87. Could be g
/html/healeys/2004-10/msg00341.html (7,229 bytes)

174. Re: Tire price skimping. (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Fri, 22 Oct 2004 17:58:41 -0500
I am sure the $35 dollar tires you can get for your Healey now are much better than the tires they came with orginally, the only reason you can get 165/15s cheap is they came on Volkswagon bugs, so t
/html/healeys/2004-10/msg00442.html (7,670 bytes)

175. Re: Buy the Expensive and Big Brand Tires? (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 23 Oct 2004 09:04:31 -0500
At $26 I had to check it out, here is the long link: http://www.tirerack.com/tires/Compare1.jsp?startIndex=0&width=165%2F&ratio=80&diameter=15&search=true&pagelen=20&pagenum=1&pagemark=1&x=3&y=4 -- O
/html/healeys/2004-10/msg00463.html (7,814 bytes)

176. Re: Clarification: Keep the list to Healey content, please. (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Oct 2004 11:50:49 -0500
Mowogman, thanks for the clarification on the reason for your post, it wasn't clear from the orginal, but I agree with you about the "this is legit" or whatever it is that has popped up at least twic
/html/healeys/2004-10/msg00487.html (9,216 bytes)

177. Re: HS4 Jet (Jet Centering) (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 19:08:19 -0500
I read a couple of comments that it it better to take the carb off to center the jet. I have always had good luck doing the procedure (from memory anyway) that is in most of not all of the factory an
/html/healeys/2004-10/msg00620.html (7,346 bytes)

178. Re: 100-4 seat mounting question please. (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2004 22:49:32 -0500
Paul, I am pretty sure there are securing bolts that stick out of the bottom of the sliders, go through the floors and then secured with a special nut, so in answer to your question as phrased I bele
/html/healeys/2004-10/msg00643.html (7,247 bytes)

179. Re: spark plugs (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2004 20:35:42 -0500
First thing I would check is sticking choke on the carb by the plugs that are rich, sometimes the choke action that makes the mixture too rich does not back off all the way, make sure the jet pops al
/html/healeys/2004-09/msg00031.html (7,018 bytes)

180. Re: Headlights Kill Engine (score: 1)
Author: "Greg Lemon" <glemon@neb.rr.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Sep 2004 08:17:23 -0500
I would add solenoid to battery, as all the juice flows through there, had that problem once in the past after a long stretch of humid weather and corrosion to the terminals on the solenoid. Greg Lem
/html/healeys/2004-09/msg00346.html (8,512 bytes)


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