1. Not a BJ8 owner, but what you are describing is the classic symptoms of a
bad ground. I know this sounds impossible, a British car with a bad ground,
but trust me on this. Find where the tach grounds and fix the groundRick
On Fri, Nov 14, 2008 at 6:42 AM, BJ8Healeys <sbyers@ec.rr.com> wrote:
> Hello, Healeyphiles -
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> I'm posing questions for two BJ8 owners who are not on the list. I'm sure
> someone out there has the answers.
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> 1. On a drive with ambient temperature about 40 F, tachometer was reading
> low. Whenever the turn signal was turned on, the tach needle would drop to
> zero when the turn signal flashed, then bounce back up. Same thing would
> happen when brakes were applied and released. The problem seemed to
> disappear when the engine warmed up. Since the turn signals, brake lights,
> and tachometer have a common power source at the green wire connections to
> the top fuse, I recommended that the owner look at these connections.
> Everything seemed to be O.K. there. I suspect an internal tach problem,
> but wanted to get some input from the list in case there is something I'm
> missing or someone has seen this problem before.
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> 2. Anyone know what the free distance is on the BJ8 rear leaf springs?
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> Thanks!
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> Steve Byers
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> HBJ8L/36666
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> BJ8 Registry
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> Havelock, NC USA
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