[Healeys] Extra choke lever on HD8s...What is this?

[Earl Kagna]

Richard - any idea what the carb numbers are - are either of the number tags 
still present?  I have an old SU carb application book - if you have the 
numbers, I can probably identify them.  They're probably from a Jag, but as 
far as I can remember, the jag HD8's were all 'straight up' bodies.

Earl Kagna
Victoria, B.C.
BJ8, BT7 tri-carb

-----Original Message----- 
From: richard mayor
Sent: Sunday, April 20, 2014 9:48 AM
To: Alan Seigrist
Cc: healeys
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Extra choke lever on HD8s...What is this?

I don't think they are from a Rover. They have the tilted float bowls for a
Healey.  Rover used the straight up float bowls. And I know the bowls are 
not
from an HD6 because a couple of years ago I tried to convert a pair of Rover
HD8s  using HD6 bowls and it doesn't work.

Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2014 12:14:01 +0700
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Extra choke lever on HD8s...What is this?
From: healey.nut at gmail.com
To: mayorrichard at hotmail.com
CC: healeys at autox.team.net

Whatever it is, it's not from a BJ8 so make sure you replace the needles and
dash pot springs accordingly.   Also check pistons that they aren't 
weighted,
rovers used heavy pistons so just because they are HD8s doesn't make them
appropriate for the Healey.  I suspect these are out of a Jag e-type or 420 
of
some sort, if so then they should be okay with new springs and needles.
Alan

On Sunday, April 20, 2014, richard mayor <mayorrichard at hotmail.com> wrote:

I recently bought a pair of HD8s for an Austin Healey on eBay.  Each one has

an extra choke lever on the bottom just like the HD6 carb s from earlier

3000s. I'm not complaining. I connected the two levers with a rod and clevis

just like the earlier cars.  I will use a single choke cable, and I will

locate the pull  under the windshield wiper motor mounting bracket.  The
cable

will loop over an around to the front of the inner fender and point directly

back to the front carb.  It is a very clean installation, and out of sight.
I

like this a lot more than the two cables coming off the firewall that the
BJ8s

have.


Does anyone know anything about this type of HD8 that has extra choke levers

on the lower side?