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Re: [Healeys] Roadside failures

To: "'David Nock'" <healeydoc@sbcglobal.net>, "'Healey List List'"
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Roadside failures
From: "Peter Schauss" <schauss@worldnet.att.net>
Date: Wed, 14 May 2008 14:10:15 -0400
- Bad ignition rotor (This was is the only time - so far - that I have had
to have my Healey towed.)

- Fuel pump failed. (I made it home by banging on the bulkhead.)

- Bad electrical connection to the fuel pump (This happened right after I
replaced the wiring harness.)

- Broken piston ring (Fortunately this happened about 150 feet from my
driveway.)

Based on previous bad experiences attempting to repair an older car by the
side of the road I do not carry any tools other than a jack and a knockoff
hammer.  The only spare parts that I carry are an inner tube, distributor
cap, and rotor.  Granted, it can be expensive to have a car towed, but
sometimes the damage that one does when attempting a roadside repair without
proper tools and/or in a less than ideal environment can be greater.

-Peter Schauss
1963 BJ7
1980 MGB  

> -----Original Message-----
> From: healeys-bounces+schauss=worldnet.att.net@autox.team.net
> [mailto:healeys-bounces+schauss=worldnet.att.net@autox.team.net] On Behalf
> Of David Nock
> Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2008 11:06 AM
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> Subject: [Healeys] Roadside failures
> 
> I am going to be doing a Tech Session at Conclave in San Diego in
> late June on Roadside Failures and what to do, carry, etc. I am
> putting a list together of different roadside failures that people
> have had.
> 
> What roadside failures have you had while traveling in your
> Healey ??????????
> 
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> 
> David Nock
> British Car Specialists
> Stockton Ca 95205
> 209-948-8767
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> www.britishcarspecialists.com
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