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1. [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: RAntal243@aol.com; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:04:38 EDT; Greeting Healeyphiles, While cruising last night at about 70mph in my BJ8, I noticed that the rpm's were consistently around 4400 while OD was engaged. This seems to me to be significantly higher tha; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00134.html (6,982 bytes)
2. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "TERRY COLL" <coll44@msn.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 10:19:09 -0400; I would suspect an incorrect tachometer. I have the same problem and intend to have it rebuilt this winter. Terry Coll '64 BJ8 Greeting Healeyphiles, While cruising last night at about 70mph in my BJ; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00135.html (7,327 bytes)
3. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>; Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 07:25:11 -0700; (I think) all BJ8s have an electronic tach. Mine read high until I calibrated it--it's a simple process; just adjusting a trim pot(entiometer) on the back. I think this process is documented somewher; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00136.html (8,418 bytes)
4. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "Alan Seigrist" <healey.nut@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 07:28:42 -0700; Your tach is reading incorrectly! Just have it checked and calibrated. -- Alan '52 A90 '53 BN1 '64 BJ8 _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mai; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00137.html (7,400 bytes)
5. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "TERRY COLL" <coll44@msn.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:02:47 -0400; There was a discussion a while back about drilling a hole in the tach case to get to the pot in order to calibrate while assembled. I've also read about problems with leaking capacitors. All of which; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00140.html (10,005 bytes)
6. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "Ned Smith" <smithn00@kitepilot.net>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:57:48 -0400; I think I get around 27 to 30K at 70 MPH with OD on. Ned Smith 62 Tbird HT 67 Austin-Healey BJ8 near Chattanooga, TN N34.89, W85.47 Greeting Healeyphiles, While cruising last night at about 70mph in; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00143.html (8,752 bytes)
7. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "Rich C" <richchrysler@quickclic.net>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 14:04:00 -0400; In a stock production 6 cylinder Healey with the usual 23% o/d ratio and the stock diff gears as supplied when new, 3 grand should be 69.9 MPH with the original RS5 5.90x15 Roadspeeds. Considering th; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00144.html (9,727 bytes)
8. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: David Nock <healeydoc@sbcglobal.net>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 11:17:42 -0700; http://www.angelfire.com/fl/procrastination/rear.html There is an easy way to solve all this. This site you can put in all the numbers you want and find out how fast you are going at what rpm. Then y; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00145.html (9,976 bytes)
9. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "Bob Johnson" <robert.w.johnson@charter.net>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:06:07 -0400; I had mine rebuilt, but got very little help from having it done. Seems that it is only "correct" atone rpm level, i.e. If it is correct at 300 rpm's them it will not be correct at 4000 or 2000. I ma; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00146.html (9,467 bytes)
10. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "J. Scott Morris" <jstmorris@yahoo.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 15:08:45 -0400 (EDT); Hello Rich; By my calculations in a standard BJ8, you would be doing 103.3 miles per hour. I do think you have a problem. :-) Details of the calculations are below and in the attached Excel spread sh; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00147.html (9,545 bytes)
11. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: Rick Swain and Wendy Grant <grain@auracom.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:22:20 -0300; You sure you weren't in third gear OD? _______________________________________________ Healeys@autox.team.net http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00148.html (8,962 bytes)
12. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "Ron Davies" <rdavies1@cox.net>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 13:55:56 -0700; Did it SOUND like 4400? Were there flashing red lights behind you? Ron Greeting Healeyphiles, While cruising last night at about 70mph in my BJ8, I noticed that the rpm's were consistently around 44; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00151.html (9,069 bytes)
13. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "Leonard Hartnett" <thehartnetts@earthlink.net>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 16:06:45 -0700; Rich: There is something you can try yourself if you have an adventuous spirit. Reference to an article by Frank Filangeri back in 2004 gave instructions to replace a .2 uf capacitor ($2.00 at Radio; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00156.html (10,732 bytes)
14. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:24:37 -0700; On the BJ8 electronic tach, there is an adjustment, but it's not accessible until you take the tach guts out of the case. While I had the thing disassembled to convert it to negative ground, I drille; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00164.html (10,035 bytes)
15. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "63AHBJ7" <63ahbj7@gmail.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 19:34:25 -0500; <<As a dust cover, I put a strip of electrical tape over the hole.>> er, why not just go to Radio Shack and purchase a Rubber Hole Plug??? Maybe I'll do it and get a 100 and sell them on e-bay for $1; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00166.html (7,899 bytes)
16. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: "BJ8Healeys" <sbyers@ec.rr.com>; Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2007 17:44:11 -0700; Ed, the electrical tape covers all sizes of holes, while the rubber plugs are specific to a particular diameter. I like the flexibility of the tape option! ;^). Besides, I had some right there on my; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00167.html (8,888 bytes)
17. Re: [Healeys] High rpm's (score: 1): Author: Earl Kagna <kags@shaw.ca>; Date: Fri, 06 Jul 2007 18:25:17 -0700; I used masking tape - it was closer than th elecrical tape. That way I could 'sign on the tape' so it is known for posterity that the tach is coverted to NEG ground, on what date, what beer was in u; /html/healeys/2007-07/msg00169.html (8,487 bytes)

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