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101. Re: Engine Painting (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 08:52:21 -0400; The best way to prep it is to get it absolutely clean and free of oil/grease and dirt. I first cleaned mine with a degreaser and toothbrush to get in all the nooks and crannies (small areas at a tim; /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00803.html (8,082 bytes)
102. Re: Silicone Brk. Fluid (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 30 May 2005 09:38:49 -0400; Not having the benefit of the list wisdom at the time I converted to silicone in 1989, I just flushed the system with a couple bottles of rubbing alcohol (mostly to remove any water present), and cha; /html/healeys/2005-05/msg00850.html (9,902 bytes)
103. Fw: 'Tis the (HEALEY) Season' (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2005 06:02:36 -0500; I sent this yesterday, but it hasn't turned up on the list yet so it may have gone astray. [snip] You describe your BJ8 - #43007 as being the 'last US BJ8'. It is known that the last batch (or possi; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00001.html (9,455 bytes)
104. Re: License Plate Obscuration (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 08:21:41 -0400; I've noticed this being done on television as well, and wondered the same thing. Probably, it's concern that someone can use the license plate number to trace back to an identity and address of the c; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00045.html (8,289 bytes)
105. Re: Covering a Dash and Trim Chome Question (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 11:50:14 -0400; Upholsterers use darts to keep the wrinkles out as the material is stretched around curves. Darts are V-shaped slits in the edge of the material. The tighter the curve, the more darts you use. Be ca; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00050.html (8,038 bytes)
106. Re: Covering a Dash and Trim Chome Question (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 19:44:26 -0400; I used DAP Weldwood contact cement from Lowe's. Home Depot might have the same stuff. If what you are covering has wood in it, such as the top of the dash, you can staple or tack the edges of the vi; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00063.html (7,765 bytes)
107. Re: Tyres (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 05:05:37 -0400; The evidence of 500 BMIHT certificates in the BJ8 registry collection would indicate that RoadSpeed tyres simply means "not whitewalls". In every case where "whitewall tyres" is specified, RoadSpeed; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00074.html (8,101 bytes)
108. Re: Ebay seller rudeness - no real healey content (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 8 Apr 2005 03:05:17 -0400; I remember Kai Radicke from several years ago when I participated on the MGs list. He had an MG, but was not yet even old enough to drive it, and he was something of a smartass. Maybe his rudeness a; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00197.html (10,446 bytes)
109. Re: BJ7 Engine Color (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 08:08:25 -0400; Richard, it is generally accepted that the factory always used a yellow-green color for the engines of precisely 5,379.2 Angstrom units wavelength. However, the subject of blue engines has come up be; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00301.html (7,316 bytes)
110. Re: accellerator pedal shaft (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 13:49:47 -0400; Richard, I used 100% silicone sealant from a tube to replace whatever was there before (there wasn't enough left of mine to tell what it was). Before the sealant cured, I assembled the two bushings/h; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00312.html (7,905 bytes)
111. Re: Source for a dipstick (BJ7) (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 20:37:53 -0400; If you can't find a new one or a good used one, you can braze the two halves of your broken one together again. Steve Byers HBJ8L/36666 BJ8 Registry Havelock, NC USA -- Original Message -- From: Pet; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00322.html (7,177 bytes)
112. Re: Assembly Line Markings or Not (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:26:26 -0400; Carlos, I do not know any of the answers to your questions, but I once was told by a Healey enthusiast and restorer that he found "Merry Christmas, 1965" written in weld bead on the inside of his fen; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00364.html (9,019 bytes)
113. Re: World's Ugliest car? (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2005 19:33:15 -0400; Not only is it the world's ugliest car, but its chassis plate has "Connecticut" misspelled! Steve Byers HBJ8L/36666 BJ8 Registry Havelock, NC USA -- Original Message -- From: Randy Hicks To: Healey L; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00365.html (6,759 bytes)
114. BJ8 Registry Report (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Wed, 13 Apr 2005 21:23:35 -0400; I received an inquiry yesterday from a BJ8 owner in The Netherlands about the history of his car in the USA. Was able to get in touch with an owner who sold the car in 1986, but he still had the ori; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00397.html (6,704 bytes)
115. Re: engine number plate (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 21:44:03 -0400; I filed a flat on each rivet head, then cut a slot into each. With an impact screwdriver set on reverse, mine came right out. The rivets are threaded, but the thread is a very lazy one -- kinda like; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00481.html (8,848 bytes)
116. Re: Big smoke (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sat, 16 Apr 2005 22:13:43 -0400; I'm pretty sure it's your servo. Same thing happened to me once. While tooling around out in the country about 400 miles from home, I came around a curve to find a Jag E-type roadster parked with a; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00484.html (9,217 bytes)
117. Re: turn signal indicators (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2005 21:59:48 -0400; Only one of the dash indicators is supposed to flash, depending on which turn direction you select. I have experienced the same symptoms with the dash indicators as you describe. I believe it is cau; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00501.html (8,421 bytes)
118. Re: engine number plate (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2005 21:39:00 -0400; Two options I can think of, Gary - First, soak the rivet stubs with penetrating oil for a day or so. 1. If enough of the remains of the rivets exist to get a vise-grip on them, see if you can turn th; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00532.html (9,076 bytes)
119. Re: vapor lock (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 05:34:41 -0400; I don't know about BN1s and BN2s, but I have to disagree with your statement for BJ8s. You CAN get vapor lock if the float bowls get hot and boil the gas inside. I found the carb heat shields to be; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00625.html (9,320 bytes)
120. Re: recovery system (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Tue, 26 Apr 2005 16:50:03 -0400; I built the same system as described by Marion, thanks to his idea and directions, but I did not build the bracket for the tank. I merely inserted it into the hollow where the brake and clutch master; /html/healeys/2005-04/msg00776.html (7,803 bytes)

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