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Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN2 Door Check
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell@comcast.net>
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 08:03:34 -0700
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I think it was an AHCUSA mag issue (RM writes an article for most editions).

On 4/12/2021 7:39 AM, warthodson--- via Healeys wrote:
> Would someone please scan the article by Roger Moment & send it to me. 
> I am a member of the AHCA but do not seem to have saved that issue.
> Thanks,
> Gary Hodson
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael MacLean via Healeys <healeys@autox.team.net>
> To: Jean Caron <vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com>; Healeys 
> <healeys@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Mon, Apr 12, 2021 1:17 am
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] BN2 Door Check
>
>
> A big thank you to Jean Caron for pointing me to the most timely 
> article in the March/April Austin-Healey magazine on how to replace my 
> door check without removing the fender.  The article was spot on and 
> it worked amazingly easy following Roger Moments instructions.  The 
> clevis that bolts to the door frame is original to the car otherwise 
> it would have been chrome like the door check.  There was one screw 
> and nut that would not come undone and due to the less than desirable 
> access to it I just put another 10-32 screw and nut in the other hole 
> and called it done.  Heck, who is ever going to see it anyway.  The 
> door check holds the door open as it should which should make my work 
> inside the passenger compartment easier if I don't have to hold the 
> door open at the same time I am working in there.  Don't know what I 
> would do without this list and you guys.  Of course a big shout out to 
> mark on the 30th for Team.net.  He deserves as much praise as anyone.
> Mike MacLean
> On Saturday, April 10, 2021, 5:51:44 AM PDT, Jean Caron 
> <vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> As a matter of fact there is an excellent article by Roger Moment 
> about this in the March/April 2021 issue of the Austin-Healey Magazine 
> and this will also be an article in his upcoming book about 
> Restoration and Maintenace of the Big Healeys.
> Jean
> Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for 
> Windows 10
> *Sent: *April 10, 2021 6:48 AM
> *Subject: *Re: [Healeys] BN2 Door Check
> Yes you can do it on the later 100 which have weld nuts on the 
> restraint plate.
> Make a small loop in the end of a straightened wire coat hanger and 
> attach that to the hole in the end of the arm with an small nut and bolt.
> Remove the screws holding the restraint plate in place then use the 
> wire to guide the assembly forward to where you can reach it inside 
> the fender.
> This doesn't work on the earlier cars which don't have the weld nuts 
> on the restraint bolt.
> Credit where credit is due ... this was recommended by Roger Moment.
> M
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    I think it was an AHCUSA mag issue (RM writes an article for most
    editions).<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 4/12/2021 7:39 AM, warthodson--- via
      Healeys wrote:<br>
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      <div style="color:black;font: 12pt Comic Sans MS, sans-serif;">Would
        someone please scan the article by Roger Moment &amp; send it to
        me. I am a member of the AHCA but do not seem to have saved that
        issue. 
        <div>Thanks,</div>
        <div>Gary Hodson<br>
          <br>
          <br>
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              From: Michael MacLean via Healeys
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href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>&lt;healeys@autox.team.net&gt;</a><br>
              To: Jean Caron
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href="mailto:vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com";>&lt;vintage_roadster_restoration@hotmail.com&gt;</a>;
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href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net";>&lt;healeys@autox.team.net&gt;</a><br>
              Sent: Mon, Apr 12, 2021 1:17 am<br>
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                    <div dir="ltr">A big thank you to Jean Caron for
                      pointing me to the most timely article in the
                      March/April Austin-Healey magazine on how to
                      replace my door check without removing the
                      fender.  The article was spot on and it worked
                      amazingly easy following Roger Moments
                      instructions.  The clevis that bolts to the door
                      frame is original to the car otherwise it would
                      have been chrome like the door check.  There was
                      one screw and nut that would not come undone and
                      due to the less than desirable access to it I just
                      put another 10-32 screw and nut in the other hole
                      and called it done.  Heck, who is ever going to
                      see it anyway.  The door check holds the door open
                      as it should which should make my work inside the
                      passenger compartment easier if I don't have to
                      hold the door open at the same time I am working
                      in there.  Don't know what I would do without this
                      list and you guys.  Of course a big shout out to
                      mark on the 30th for Team.net.  He deserves as
                      much praise as anyone.</div>
                    <div dir="ltr">Mike MacLean<br clear="none">
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                        <div> On Saturday, April 10, 2021, 5:51:44 AM
                          PDT, Jean Caron
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                                <div class="yiv1698550560MsoNormal">As a
                                  matter of fact there is an excellent
                                  article by Roger Moment about this in
                                  the March/April 2021 issue of the
                                  Austin-Healey Magazine and this will
                                  also be an article in his upcoming
                                  book about Restoration and Maintenace
                                  of the Big Healeys.</div>
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                                      <b>Subject: </b>Re: [Healeys] BN2
                                      Door Check</div>
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                                    <div class="yiv1698550560MsoNormal">Yes
                                      you can do it on the later 100
                                      which have weld nuts on the
                                      restraint plate. </div>
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                                        class="yiv1698550560MsoNormal">Make
                                        a small loop in the end of a
                                        straightened wire coat hanger
                                        and attach that to the hole in
                                        the end of the arm with an small
                                        nut and bolt. </div>
                                    </div>
                                    <div>
                                      <div
                                        class="yiv1698550560MsoNormal">Remove
                                        the screws holding the restraint
                                        plate in place then use the wire
                                        to guide the assembly forward to
                                        where you can reach it inside
                                        the fender. </div>
                                    </div>
                                    <div>
                                      <div
                                        class="yiv1698550560MsoNormal">This
                                        doesn't work on the earlier cars
                                        which don't have the weld nuts
                                        on the restraint bolt.</div>
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                                      <div
                                        class="yiv1698550560MsoNormal">Credit
                                        where credit is due ... this was
                                        recommended by Roger Moment. </div>
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