- 321. Re: Lack of Rear Brake Fluid Pressure (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:44:12 -0500
- The flex hose would be my guess. -Unlikely it is blocked elsewhere. If it is, you just have to start opening couplings and working your way back toward the front until you have flow. I'd open the lin
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00183.html (8,709 bytes)
- 322. Re: Front Shroud - Original versus Reproduction (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 20:10:56 -0500
- No experience with a "new" reproduction front shroud, but tried several repro fenders -front and rear, found the quality, accuracy of line, and fit were unacceptable (to me, anyway) before going with
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00227.html (8,393 bytes)
- 323. Re: Fender Beads WAS: Paint and Body -Getting it ready to send (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 14:20:08 -0500
- Yes. the piping is a sort of silver-gray vinyl, unfinished. You have it right. David W. Jones '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb Cumberland, RI USA I should have mentioned something, and I forgot a question. He
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00241.html (7,676 bytes)
- 324. Re: Re-assembly sequence & advice (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:50:06 -0500
- Can't reply to the specific longbridge related questions, but I can the The beads are exactly that, just a bead, with a bottom side slit with periodic (tin?) strips (tabs) that can be slid along the
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00251.html (8,784 bytes)
- 325. Re: Rememerance Day (no Healey content) (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:51:43 -0500
- Last year, my sisters and some friends bought me a pass to go for a "check flight" on a fully restored B-17 Flying Fortress when it was here in the area. -Part of a national tour. They bought the pas
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00268.html (9,370 bytes)
- 326. BT7 Washer Pump (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:56:01 -0500
- I have a non functional (appearance only) washer pump for my BT7. Does anyone know if these can be repaired, or a source for a correct functional one? David W. Jones '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb Cumberland,
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00269.html (6,324 bytes)
- 327. "Your Mileage May Vary" (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:34:54 -0500
- Hi List, I've been poking around in the many books and article reprints about Healeys that I have, and can find next to nothing about what kind of gas mileage various Healeys get. I guess the lack of
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00279.html (8,402 bytes)
- 328. Re: Further to my Rememberance Day Note (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 13:30:36 -0500
- Here in Rhode Island, I know for years they held a British car meet called "Wings over Britain" or something close to that. It was held at the inactive Naval Air Station down on the coast of RI at Qu
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00283.html (8,092 bytes)
- 329. Bloated Battery (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2004 17:25:19 -0500
- PS, DON'T SMOKE WITH THE TRUNK OPEN, AND DON'T THROW THE CUTOFF SWITCH UNTIL THE TRUNK IS AIRED OUT. COULD BE DANGEROUS TO YOUR HEALTH, EYEBROWS, ETC. Dave J. -- Original Message -- From: Drtrite@aol
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00341.html (7,197 bytes)
- 330. Re: Engine Bay Disassembly Tips (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 10:00:34 -0500
- You're really going at it huh? My question would be, -if you are going to be completely taking the car down for paint, why not wait until the shroud is off, then pull the engine out with all of it's
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00408.html (7,859 bytes)
- 331. Re: Help! Fuel Leak! (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:19:15 -0500
- Excuse me!!!............. but my tricarb has never F**ted, does not f**t, and will never f**t.......!!!! However, under the conditions you describe, it does seem to "have wind" with alarming regulari
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00430.html (8,916 bytes)
- 332. Re: Retoration Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 13:20:05 -0500
- I will try to answer these to the best of my ability, -tricarbs are somewhat tricky and obscure. I asked a lot of the same questions, and some of the responses never felt "rock solid" to me, but I d
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00503.html (9,541 bytes)
- 333. Re: Retoration Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2004 17:51:20 -0500
- Sorry, much of what I wrote pertains to the BT7 3000 MK 2 tricarb, rather than the MK1. --I should have read your mail more carefully the first time... All I saw was BT7...... The major difference b
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00504.html (7,061 bytes)
- 334. Re: engine to stand mounting (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:13:33 -0500
- Hi Dave, I had my 3000 tricarb engine (w/ manifolds and carbs) mounted by the rear plate for over 2 years with no ill effects. ...It needs to be a really robust engine stand though, because of the le
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00510.html (7,720 bytes)
- 335. Re: Healey on Magazine Cover (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 14:27:41 -0500
- Robert, How kind of you to bring the picture of myself and my MK II to the attention of the group. ...Now only if they hadn't used Photoshop to change the color of my car, pasted in Catherine Zeta Jo
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00511.html (7,311 bytes)
- 336. Re: Retoration Questions (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:28:46 -0500
- You are definitely correct on the order of the gaskets -spacers. On closer inspection there are 9 gaskets.-Hard to see the buggers in all the cables, hoses and pipes. There were changes, and I did fi
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00515.html (9,094 bytes)
- 337. Re: starter troubleshooting (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2004 16:39:08 -0500
- A few years ago, I went NUTS with a problem where the engine would not fire, and yet I had power everywhere it should be. --but no spark. Replaced coil, wires, distributor components etc. The list i
- /html/healeys/2004-11/msg00518.html (8,781 bytes)
- 338. Fw: coating steel brake lines (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 18:33:28 -0400
- I had all of mine cadmium plated, and that worked fine. -It's just a matter of finding a cad plater who has a tank large enough to fit the longer lines. David W. Jones '62 Mk II BT7 tricarb Cumberlan
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00031.html (6,927 bytes)
- 339. Re: $200,000 55 BN1. (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 21:24:24 -0400
- "It's very red with lots of shiny bits of the "wrong" color and textures. It has been called the "best Austin Healey in the World" by some in the motoring press." It is beyond me why anyone would (su
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00036.html (7,819 bytes)
- 340. Re: Petronix (score: 1)
- Author: "davidwjones" <davidwjones@cox.net>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 19:59:49 -0400
- The general impression I get from stories about problems with the original ignition system is that problems arise from worn out components being "stretched", re-using old insulators and distributor
- /html/healeys/2004-10/msg00062.html (9,099 bytes)
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