Hi Erik -
There was also an excellent webpage on the subject but the owner of that
website got commercial and decided to turn his free website into a book, and
took all of the content off the web. Little does he know there is something
called the "web archive," so I found his old website on the tach conversion
(he he). This is a very good article with pictures too:
http://web.archive.org/web/20050210222619/http://www.mgcars.org.uk/electrical/early_tach.html
Best Regards,
Alan
'52 A90
'53 BN1
'64 BJ8
On 12/18/06, Alan Seigrist Blue 100 <healey.nut@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi Erik -
>
> I found an old email I wrote on the subject:
>
>
> It's simple for a late BJ8 -
>
> 1) you must convert the Tach. Instructions are here:
>
> http://www.lotus-cortina.com/electric/convert.htm
>
> Alternatively you can have MoMa in New Mexico do the conversion for
> you, and service the Tach at the same time.
>
> Please note some early BJ8 tachs with an earthed chassis, so these
> instructions will not work for very early BJ8s. If this is the case,
> use this article as a guide, although I'd rather send it to an expert:
> http://www.chicagolandmgclub.com/driveline00/0505/mgb_tach.html
>
>
> 2) turn the battery around and re-hook it up.
>
> 3) polarize the generator. This is done by swiping a positive lead on
> the little tab on the back of the generator. You only need to spark
> it once, and that's enough for polarization... but to be honest it may
> polarize itself when you start the car the first time.
>
> If you have an original points fuel pump and starter, you won't need
> to do anything else. If you are unsure, follow the step by step here
>
> http://mgaguru.com/mgtech/electric/et202.htm
>
> Good Luck!
>
> Alan
>
> '52 A90
> '53 BN1
> '64 BJ8
>
>
> On 12/18/06, Frenken, Eric <efrenken@lctax.de > wrote:
> >
> > Hello list,
> >
> > I'm sure more than a couple of people have converted their Healeys to
> > negative
> > earth. Does anybody have a list of the steps required for this
> > procedure? I
> > would like to see the list in all, but I'm mostly interested in what to
> > do
> > with the elctronical tach of the BJ8.
> >
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Eric
> >
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