[Healeys] Lockable door on BJ7

Sun Feb 1 08:36:40 MST 2026

Michael S is totally right! That third, clutch pedal may be today’s greatest antitheft device. 

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On Sunday, February 1, 2026, 10:14 AM, Michael Salter <michael.salter at gmail.com> wrote:

Of course the great thing about Healeys is that most car thieves these days can't drive a manual transmission. 
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Lockable door on BJ7 
I have two fuel pumps on my BJ8 – the stock SU and an electric pump from Autozone.  They are wired with a switch to select either pump, or turn both off. I can’t count the times the car failed to start in the morning after a night at a motel or starting but running out of gas in the parking lot when I forgot to turn the switch back on.  One one occasion in the middle of nowhere in Montana I felt the car slowing down and failing to accelerate until it occurred to me the active (Autozone) fuel pump was failing.  Switching to the SU kept me going another 160 miles until I could get to civilization and discover it was the backup pump that failed. The local Autozone in North Dakota had an identical replacement that I got installed in 15 minutes.  It is also convenient sometimes when working on the car with the ignition switch on to be able to prevent the fuel pump from running.

Steve Byers

HBJ8L/36666

BJ8 Registry

AHCA Delegate at Large

Havelock, NC 

From: Healeys <healeys-bounces at autox.team.net> On BehalfOf Robert Markovich via Healeys
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Subject: Re: [Healeys] Lockable door on BJ7

A fuel-pump shutoff switch is a perfect antitheft device—and easy to install by splicing into the appropriate wire at the fuse block. I have one in my BN7 to address dieseling after nothing else worked. Simply run the system out of fuel before switching off the ignition. 

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On Saturday, January 31, 2026, 3:04 PM, warthodson--- via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net> wrote:

My father purchased a used '62 Corvette in the late 60's. He worked in the insurance industry & he heard that 90% of all Corvettes were stollen sometime in their lives, in Chicago, where we lived. His solution was to install a manual shut off valve in the fuel line. The valve was hidden behind the drivers seat & operated by a "T" shaped handle which was removable. His theory was that if someone broke in thru the canvas top & hot wired the ignition, they would only get a block or 2 before the engine would die. The crook would panic & run away.

Gary H

On Saturday, January 31, 2026 at 11:13:30 AM CST, HealeyRick <healeyrik at gmail.com> wrote: 

Lockable doors don't seem to be much of a theft deterrent. Having lived in Boston for many years in the age of British sports cars, I saw plenty with broken vent windows or slashed convertible tops that defeated locked doors. Maybe putting a tracker in the car and an ignition cutoff might be more effective

On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 7:38 PM Leonard Berkowitz <drberkowitz at hotmail.com> wrote:

My BJ7, which I have owned since 1984,  had lockable door handles with push buttons. When I restored the car in the early 1990’s I had the original door handles reinstalled. I was told that the push buttons were wrong and I wanted my car to be more original. If I remember correctly the conversion was not a major big deal. 

Len Berkowitz 

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