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Subject: [Healeys] removing the 8-way flasher box
From: healeybruce at roadrunner.com (Bruce Steele)
Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2017 08:43:14 -0800
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The first time I had mine out was to take it apart and replace the old relays 
with electronic parts following the instructions in the attached article from 
Healey Marque.  One of the old relays had failed and my right front turn signal 
was not working.  The rebuild worked well for years, but in the process of 
rebuilding it I broke one of the connectors and had to use an epoxy putty to 
hold it in place.  It eventually got a little wobbly, so I decided to replace 
the unit last week with a new electronic one.

 

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

 

From: i erbs [mailto:eyera3000 at gmail.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, February 22, 2017 8:05 AM
To: Bruce Steele <healeybruce at roadrunner.com>
Cc: Simon Lachlan <simon.lachlan at homecall.co.uk>; Healey List <healeys at 
autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] removing the 8-way flasher box

 

I don't have my air hoses in place yet, so It is a straight shot to the top 
nuts. My mechanic removed mine and cleaned and adjusted the internal points. It 
gets rusty in there. So Simon, you might take a look inside once you get it out 
and I would bet you will find rust and crud in there. Using a multi-meter you 
should be able to check the contacts.




Ira Erbs

Portland,OR

      _______                                  _______
     (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
         (_________________________)

          BT7 engine and disk brakes

 

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti

Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words

 


Simon,  I?ve had mine out twice, most recently last weekend when I replaced it 
while the engine is out for a rebuild (it was a lot easier to sit in the engine 
bay than reach over!).  Using a long thin flat blade screwdriver, loosen the 
terminals one at a time.  I was perhaps fortunate that my wires are basically 
?trained? to lay in order so keeping them straight was not a problem, but if in 
doubt label them first.  Ira?s right?seeing the color codes can be tricky 
unless everything is really clean!    Remove the bottom screw last.  Removing 
the top 2 screws is the problem as they are blocked by the air trunking.  If 
there is no way to get to them from the front, and there probably isn?t, you 
can drill them out through the captive nuts in the wheel well.  Yes, that ruins 
the nuts, but there is an easy solution to that.  Before reinstalling the relay 
unit, put 2 U-type spring clip speed nuts on the flange over the outboard 
holes.  Install the bottom machine screw to finger tight to hold the unit in 
place, then use 2 sheet metal screws through the drilled out nuts to secure the 
top.  Or 1 screw?I?m pretty sure 3 screws in that is overkill.  You may have to 
move the unit slightly side to side to line up the holes, but it will work fine 
and is much easier than trying to go in from the front.

 

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

 

Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2017 9:19 AM
Subject: Re: [Healeys] removing the 8-way flasher box

 

try using a 1/4 drive ratchet and extension with a knuckle in between the 
extensions

I would mark the wires in case the color coding is hard to read.




Ira Erbs

Portland,OR

      _______                                  _______
     (______ \____1959 BN4____/ _______)
         (_________________________)

          BT7 engine and disk brakes

 

A racing car is an animal with a thousand adjustments. Mario Andretti

Please excuse random auto corrects and misspelled words

 


My car is RHD so accessing that wretched thing is easy enough by Healey 
standards. Nothing much above it. However it seems that my nephew may have to 
remove his from his LHD ?64 BJ8. So the brake fluid reservoir is in the way, 
plus its pipework and the steering column?..or is that a bit lower?

Anyhow, can one get the 8-way box out without a major kerfuffle or what does 
one have to do? Just grow tiny treble jointed wrists and elbows? The usual in 
fact?.

Thanks,

Simon


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