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Solved the problem: the bonded rubber block un-bonds with slightest=0Akn=
ock on the pavement=0ADrill thru the mount and block and add a long rive=
t and washer; then=0Awhen it un-bonds it will stay together and still fu=
nction as a=0Adampner.=0A=0A=09-----------------------------------------=
From: "John Spaur via=0AHealeys" =0ATo: "Stephen Hutchings"=0ACc: healey=
s@autox.team.net=0ASent: Friday April 2 2021 6:38:40PM=0ASubject: Re: [H=
ealeys] BJ8 Exhaust confusion=0A=0A=09 I don=E2=80=99t know how the BJ8=
mounts are but they look similar to the=0ABT7. If so, the bonded rubber=
block un-bonds with slightest knock on=0Athe pavement. I made custom on=
es that use the same mounting chassis=0Amounting holes but it uses moder=
n off the shelf rubber isolators. I=0Ahad to weld the front mounting bar=
to the muffler. Not a single=0Aproblem and it has been over 6,000 miles=
. On the BT7 the front mount=0Abolts to the floor pan and the rear mount=
bolts to the frame so one is=0Ahorizontal and the other is vertical.=
=0A=0A=09 John =0A=0A=09 BT7 =0A=0A=09 FROM: Healeys [mailto:healeys-b=
ounces@autox.team.net] ON BEHALF OF=0AStephen Hutchings via Healeys=0ASE=
NT: Friday, April 2, 2021 4:12 PM=0ATO: Healey Mail List =0ASUBJECT: [He=
aleys] BJ8 Exhaust confusion =0A=0A=09I=E2=80=99m getting around to in=
stalling that new exhaust and I have the=0Astainless version of the fast=
ening pieces. =0A=0A=09I=E2=80=99ve figured out most of it, but the mou=
nting point at the back of=0Athe main mufflers has me confused. =0A=0A=
=09The kit comes with two bonded rubber mounts, but the bolt pattern=0Au=
nder the car only seems to have the right orientation for one of the=0Am=
ounts. =0A=0A=09To be more clear, one set of bolts, or studs, come dow=
n one in front=0Aof the other so that the mount slots into them, and the=
n there is a=0Aright angle bracket that then attaches to the double spac=
ed clamp that=0Agoes over the top of the pipes. But because the kit has=
two of these=0Amounts, and two right angle brackets, I expected there t=
o be a mirror=0Aimage example next to it. But no, I=E2=80=99ve got anoth=
er set of two studs=0Athat are diagonally oriented. =0A=0A=09Difficult=
to describe exactly what=E2=80=99s going on, but the diagrams I=0Acan f=
ind of the system show one of these mounts above the double pipe=0Abrack=
et, and I=E2=80=99d assumed there were two because my kit came with=0Atw=
o. Maybe my car doesn=E2=80=99t have the correct studs? The old system w=
as=0Aheld on with a non-stock arrangement. =0A=0A=09Thanks for any adv=
ice. =0A=0A=09Stephen, BJ8 =0A=0A=09
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<html><body>Solved the problem: <span style=3D"color: rgb(31, 73, 1=
25); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 14.6667px;">the bonded=
rubber block un-bonds with slightest knock on the pavement</span><div><=
font color=3D"#1f497d" face=3D"Calibri, sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-=
size: 14.6667px;"><br></span></font></div><div><font color=3D"#1f497d" f=
ace=3D"Calibri, sans-serif"><span style=3D"font-size: 14.6667px;">Drill=
thru the mount and block and add a long rivet and washer; then when it=
un-bonds it will stay together and still function as a dampner.<br></sp=
an></font><br><div class=3D"reply-new-signature"></div><p>--------------=
---------------------------</p>From: "John Spaur via Healeys" <healeys@a=
utox.team.net><br>To: "Stephen Hutchings"<br>Cc: healeys@autox.team.net<=
br>Sent: Friday April 2 2021 6:38:40PM<br>Subject: Re: [Healeys] BJ8 Exh=
aust confusion<br><br>=0A<div class=3D"WordSection1">=0A<p class=3D"MsoN=
ormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;col=
or:#1F497D;">=0AI don=E2=80=99t know how the BJ8 mounts are but they loo=
k similar to the=0ABT7. If so, the bonded rubber block un-bonds with sli=
ghtest knock=0Aon the pavement. I made custom ones that use the same mou=
nting=0Achassis mounting holes but it uses modern off the shelf rubber=
=0Aisolators. I had to weld the front mounting bar to the muffler. Not=
=0Aa single problem and it has been over 6,000 miles. On the BT7 the=0Af=
ront mount bolts to the floor pan and the rear mount bolts to the=0Afram=
e so one is horizontal and the other is vertical.</span></p>=0A<p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-s=
erif;color:#1F497D;">=0A </span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span=
style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;"=
>=0AJohn</span></p>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11=
pt;font-family:Calibri, sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">=0ABT7</span></p>=0A<=
p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,=
sans-serif;color:#1F497D;">=0A </span></p>=0A<div>=0A<div style=3D=
"border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1pt;padding:3pt 0in 0in 0in;">=0A<=
p class=3D"MsoNormal"><b><span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-family:Calib=
ri, sans-serif;">=0AFrom:</span></b> <span style=3D"font-size:11pt;font-=
family:Calibri, sans-serif;">=0AHealeys [mailto:healeys-bounces@autox.te=
am.net] <b>On Behalf Of</b>=0AStephen Hutchings via Healeys<br><b>Sent:<=
/b> Friday, April 2, 2021 4:12 PM<br><b>To:</b> Healey Mail List <hea=
leys@autox.team.net><br><b>Subject:</b> [Healeys] BJ8 Exhaust confusi=
on</span></p>=0A</div>=0A</div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"> </p>=0A<p=
class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>I=E2=80=99m getting around to=0Ainstalling th=
at new exhaust and I have the stainless version of the=0Afastening piece=
s.</span></p>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>I=E2=80=99ve figure=
d out most=0Aof it, but the mounting point at the back of the main muffl=
ers has=0Ame confused.</span></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNorm=
al"><span> </span></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><s=
pan>The kit comes with two=0Abonded rubber mounts, but the bolt pattern=
under the car only seems=0Ato have the right orientation for one of the=
mounts.</span></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>To b=
e more clear, one=0Aset of bolts, or studs, come down one in front of th=
e other so that=0Athe mount slots into them, and then there is a right a=
ngle bracket=0Athat then attaches to the double spaced clamp that goes o=
ver the=0Atop of the pipes. But because the kit has two of these mounts,=
and=0Atwo right angle brackets, I expected there to be a mirror image=
=0Aexample next to it. But no, I=E2=80=99ve got another set of two studs=
that=0Aare diagonally oriented.</span></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p class=
=3D"MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"Ms=
oNormal"><span>Difficult to describe=0Aexactly what=E2=80=99s going on,=
but the diagrams I can find of the system=0Ashow one of these mounts ab=
ove the double pipe bracket, and I=E2=80=99d=0Aassumed there were two be=
cause my kit came with two. Maybe my car=0Adoesn=E2=80=99t have the corr=
ect studs? The old system was held on with a=0Anon-stock arrangement.</s=
pan></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span> </span></=
p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>Thanks for any=0Aadvi=
ce.</span></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span>Stephen,=
BJ8</span></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span> </=
span></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span><img width=3D"=
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v>=0A<p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<=
p class=3D"MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>=0A</div>=0A<div>=0A<p clas=
s=3D"MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>=0A</div>=0A</div>=0A</healeys@au=
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