It's good to show the viewers on how you checked to see the warped thermostat housing, and how to improvise. Thanks for taking the time to share your skills.
Your "don't leave home without it" advice for the battery charger brought back memories of my '72 MG Midget. Back in the day, I became very adept at pushing the car solo then jumping in and popping the clutch when the battery died. I always tried to park on an incline just to make the job easier. The Midget only weighed 1,620 lbs and had a 1,275 cc engine. Your neighbor's 3000 is large by comparison!
Brings back a lot of mixed memories. Had a 1967 A-H Sprite. Girls loved that car, I did, too. Hated working on it every weekend. And don't even get me started about Lucas electrics...
You musta been saving that video for a while, Ivan. It looks like it's warm with everything green in the background. It's about 10F where I am in Ontario right now and your video almost makes it seem warmer. Excellent job on the Healey as well.
+wysetech2000 Yeah just some old footage that I was saving for a really cold day like today...the Healey is in hibernation right now, but I'm sure it will be back in my shop for one reason or another this summer!
Was torture watching you drive that grand old English dame down that potholed gravel road! Ivan a small lathe is a really useful tool around the workshop. You could have inside turned that bush and used the brake hone to take off the last couple of thou. And it's fun learning how to machine stuff. Cheers
+tecnaman Considering it has a beefy truck-like suspension, I don't think the Austin really cared haha! Wonder if the roads were rougher 50 years ago than now?
+EZRider1979 Now way man...I was actually a little tired of the little roadster after a few weeks of tinkering with it. Literally EVERYTHING needed tweaking or adjusting. Just when you think you have it perfect... Too much maintenance! I'll stick to my small collection of vintage Japanese bikes...they're faster, cheaper to maintain, way more reliable, and don't leak oil everywhere haha
Hi Ivan that's very impressive , to fix that old Austin car , you for got to do your British accent , 👍, from Tony McCarthy from bedfordshire England , keep the good work up ,
+Randy Charlton Ah I'm kicking myself for not filming more of the tune-up stuff: ignition timing, carburetor and choke adjustment, cooling fan upgrades, tachometer calibration....getting stranded at the gas station lol
Ivan when I heard the Trunnion I almost freaked. Man you brought back many bad memories of doing these. However I thought your idea of honing the bush was excellent ,never ever gave that a thought ,maybe because we used reamers.Very nice video took me way back.5 STAR.Tam.PS the later stub axles were threaded at the lower trunnion and were a nightmare always seizing up.
When I was 14, my neighbor bought a junk Healey. Even at 14, I didn't get into or out of it. I put it on, and took it off! That's a tiny car, for sure! But they look just awesome!
We still ream bronze bushings on International truck steering pins/kingpins. We just bought a tapered-fluted reamer from our local bolt supplier Fastenal. Amazing how similar the little car resembles the large truck front end.
Very nice looking Austin Ivan and glad to see the owner kept her up after all of those years. Interesting that you didn't have much trouble finding parts for such an old vehicle. Looking forward to seeing what else you do with her. And you must have filmed this way back in the summer.
+stuzman52 Hi Terry! It was an honor and a pleasure to work on his beloved Healey! I did cringe quite a few times as I was working on it and un-doing other people's mistakes. Let's just say that some "mechanics" who touched this beauty before I got to it should not have been allowed even near it!!! Oh yeah, figured I would put out a summer vid to help everyone get through this cold spell :)
Sounds like my Lawnmower, beautiful car. Old school is the only way to go. I wonder if the engine has been worked on, its 49 years old and still runs decent. The difference between new cars and old cars is mind boggling.
+Charles Miller The owner told me that 20 years ago he did get the engine overhauled to combat the low oil pressure problem. New bearings, piston rings...the works. However the quality of work was questionable...you will see in Part 2. I don't think you can put 200k miles on an old British machine with just oil changes...technology has advanced no doubt. But it is very "rebuildable" and easy to work on...something that can't be said about modern "disposable" vehicles :)
Its gave me a little chuckle to see you working on this old gem. Seen as your specialty is diagnosing weird and complicated electrical issues and this old thing probably has fewer than 2 dozen circuits. As they used to say in England in the heydey of the British car industry - Lucas Electrics - Home before dark! Nice to see such an old classic being looked after. British roadsters and sports cars always seemed to do pretty well in the US market for some reason. When I've been stateside I've been surprised how many MG's and Triumphs I've seen. Especially in California there are quite a few TR4's/TR6's/Spitfires and i saw a few MG-B's and MG-C's. Its probably because they don't rust out in the south west. I'm a bit of a classic car guy. My boss has a 1971 Jensen Interceptor (not sure if they ever exported to the US). Its got a Chrysler V8 engine, beautiful vehicle. My neighbor has just brought a shell of an old series Landrover. The 2.2 petrol engine is possibly salvageable amazingly enough but its electrical system is 1968 vintage with a Dynamo (no alternator). So I'll be helping him with it. One of my clients has a stunning red TR6 which is a pretty interesting vehicle because it was one of the first examples of direct multi point fuel injection in a vehicle, although the export versions were carborated. A bit nicer than the MG-B hes got because its got an overdrive so it will cruise on the motorway at 100 quite comfortably in the MG-B (4 speed manual) its a bit worrying running it at 75-80 because the engine is working so hard. Funny you mention spare parts for old classics. The last part of the UK's largest car company and employer the once mighty British Leyland (once British Motor Corporation) is Unipart who among other things sell parts for these old classics. They do pretty well out of it. The rest of the business is long gone.
+zoidberg444 The only circuit I had to diagnose on this baby was for the overdrive engagement solenoid. The relay is tied to the manual toggle switch, the shifter, and the accelerator cable as well. Why they didn't just install a regular 5th gear in the tranny is beyond me...
motoYam82 Yeah. Overdrives were a sort of a peculiar bit of kit really. I suppose with the way the engines are mounted for rear wheel drive they wanted to keep the gearbox shorter. It was the same division of GKN which made pretty much all the overdrive units for all the big UK manufacturers - British Leyland, Rootes, Ford UK, Jaguar and Landrover. They were expensive as well. On the Triumph roadsters it was like nearly an extra £1000 to have an overdrive in the early 70's. When you consider you could buy an ok house for £3500. I think it was a money making exercise more than anything.
Almost all Healey's were exported to US and almost all had overdrive. For 1967 Overdrive was standard on US market 3000's (this car) and the car sold for about $3500 overdrive included.
Hi Ivan, I love your mechanical repair vids (electrical/wiring work makes my brain hurt!) and glad to see you admire an old British classic like the Healey 3000. They're a rare sight now over here in the UK - never mind over there in the States. By the way, you have gained another subscriber ;) Cheers, Mark.
Ivan, That took me back, The special reamer for doing the bushes, I have one, it's a alignment reamer and does both the upper and lower bushes at the same time. You couldn't reamer all the bushes, o/s and n/s separately without having tight spots. If the drive to your friends house is as bad as yours, you'll be soon replacing them again. Grease the kingpins monthly :-)) You can borrow the reamer at any time, but pay the postage from the UK. or get your friend to make me an offer if he keeping the car. p/s Love yours and Eric's videos, best on U tube
Love the car. I was looking for a Sprite or midget until I got to drive one. At 6' tall the top frame of the windshield was right in my line of sight. I still love those cars.
Good video and a sweet Healy. Its hard to beat the sound of a straight six. Another good source of parts fro British sports cars is Long Motor Company.
Fun cars to work on but Lucas electronics will leave you stranded all over. Back in the 70's diagnostics was done almost exclusively with a scope on the rope, analog volt ohm meter, dwell meters & timing lights but we had generator/alternator tester with belts to spin them up, distributor machines, armature growlers, etc, adjust points with a match book...it was easy but boring. It's a lot more fun to work on cars now. We did toe adjustments with a toe bar by scribing the tires like Bryan stated below plus you don't have to worry about sidewall runout, bulges or distortions. You should try it next time and do a comparison between both and then see what the alignment rack shows. Nice video brings back memories of changing truck kingpins & line reaming the bushings but a brake hone will work in a pinch on a little Austin...good tip. Simple little engine have fun with the oil pump.
Oh Ivan,,, this is such a great video. Working on such a different car must've been exciting for you. For a moment I thought I was looking at Edd China,,,, LOL
Ivan another method for setting toe you might try can be a little simpler and faster possibly. raise the vehicle in the front so both steer tires are off the ground. using a screwdriver tip or an awl and something to rest it against, or a nail driven thru a block of wood bring. bring the point under the front of the tire till it contacts it in the tread area. rotate the tire several times scribing a temporary line into the tire. repeat on the other tire then lower the vehicle so the suspension is loaded. measure between the lines front to rear of the tires and adjust accordingly
+Bryan Saunders Thats how we used to do it on the alignment rack with the toe bar and it had the scribe on the bar...old school how it was done before computerized and laser racks.
Great video Ivan. I love classics. May need another alignment after that ride. Lol. Ohhhhhhh. Oil pump tear down. Awesome. And when do we get to meet Mrs. Ivan?
+motoYam82 Uhm, we already have met her. I say with all due respect, she is very cute and has a radiant, lovely smile. I love the curly hair. You did well Ivan, but then, so did she. Great gal - great guy - great couple!
does "50" niple feed grease up into "6" and thus the fulcrum pin, my Austin FX4 london taxi has a niple atop the king pin- "it seems " as installed for greasing, and removed for driving - so damper arms and leep-frog the top of the king pin, while driving, I just bent a fulcrum pin "8" while getting it out- to change the damper, pin was rust into steel inside the bushes "7"
I remember those dames trunnions and swivel pins and bushings and so forth from the old days back when in the 1950s you had king pins there was similar to their suspension. Before the Ball joint. Actually they were much better much tougher for the old roads of gravel and rocks compared to the modern ball joints.
Whaaaat! No computer? How does it work? Have a 67 MGB so feel the pain. Trying to get Moss as a dependent. Just replaced my front rotors and found half the parts missing from the hub. You can almost build some of these cars from that catalogue. Thanks for the vid.
great video how good does your JumpStart kit keep a charge in extreme cold live in Chicago battery powered stuff doesn't hold a charge in my experience
That is a very nice car! Great work. That is some very nice country side where you have your shop. I'd like to live there. Eric O's shop is also in a nice area. You always think of New York as a big metropolis, but there are some nice areas around the city. How far are you from a major town? If it interests you, I'm writing from the San Francisco Bay Area.
+jewllake I'm only 15 minutes from State College, a university town of about 50k inhabitants. Can't stand big cities...they suck the energy out of me :)
24.34 we reach pavement... dats a long way on gravel...What was the button you messed with at you pulled up to the intersection was that lights? great old car.. lucas wiring? you know the guy that invented darkness.. I have a mg mkII where the body was battery positive and you had to insulate you ground to the battery.. Rust loved these cars..
+Mike Pratali HOLY CRAP!! All that complexity for one extra gear?! Props to the rebuilder in that vid, a true master of his craft. A lot of precision hits with a hammer, that's for sure :)
You mention it is a good idea to have a battery jump start in your car. The device you show is the pocket, portable, compact battery assist. Since this uses a lithium ion, high charge density battery similar to what is used in hover boards, I wonder about the safety of leaving this device in an automobile. There have been national reports about hover boards suddenly bursting into flame. Might this be a concern with these compact battery assist devices?
+acarl1018 I also keep a fire extinguisher right next to it lol! In Russia, a fire extinguisher and a first-aid kit were mandatory items for vehicle safety inspection. True story.
+mh87351 Nah I just had it out for calibration purposes...but for some reason it was indeed glued into the wooden dash with some nasty black tar before I got to it.
Pretty darn rare to see a left hand drive British car. Not like the Japanese manufacturers who have sent more left hand drives to America than right hand drives to their own country.
Wow, an actual book instead of a computer screen for data. That's kind of refreshing. It is a sweet looking car.
Brings back a lot of happy memories. The good old days.
What a nice old car! Glad your neighbor has taken care of such a classic.
It's good to show the viewers on how you checked to see the warped thermostat housing, and how to improvise. Thanks for taking the time to share your skills.
Your "don't leave home without it" advice for the battery charger brought back memories of my '72 MG Midget. Back in the day, I became very adept at pushing the car solo then jumping in and popping the clutch when the battery died. I always tried to park on an incline just to make the job easier. The Midget only weighed 1,620 lbs and had a 1,275 cc engine. Your neighbor's 3000 is large by comparison!
+offtwoaces Haha that Healey inline-6 engine block alone probably weighs more than an entire Midget!
Brings back a lot of mixed memories. Had a 1967 A-H Sprite. Girls loved that car, I did, too. Hated working on it every weekend. And don't even get me started about Lucas electrics...
You musta been saving that video for a while, Ivan. It looks like it's warm with everything green in the background. It's about 10F where I am in Ontario right now and your video almost makes it seem warmer. Excellent job on the Healey as well.
+wysetech2000 Yeah just some old footage that I was saving for a really cold day like today...the Healey is in hibernation right now, but I'm sure it will be back in my shop for one reason or another this summer!
Was torture watching you drive that grand old English dame down that potholed gravel road!
Ivan a small lathe is a really useful tool around the workshop. You could have inside turned that bush and used the brake hone to take off the last couple of thou. And it's fun learning how to machine stuff. Cheers
+tecnaman Considering it has a beefy truck-like suspension, I don't think the Austin really cared haha! Wonder if the roads were rougher 50 years ago than now?
Beautiful car, beautiful countryside. I think you need one of your own Ivan!
+EZRider1979 Now way man...I was actually a little tired of the little roadster after a few weeks of tinkering with it. Literally EVERYTHING needed tweaking or adjusting. Just when you think you have it perfect... Too much maintenance!
I'll stick to my small collection of vintage Japanese bikes...they're faster, cheaper to maintain, way more reliable, and don't leak oil everywhere haha
+motoYam82 my gs750 loves to mark its turf, deep down it believes its British I think.
Hi Ivan that's very impressive , to fix that old Austin car , you for got to do your British accent , 👍, from Tony McCarthy from bedfordshire England , keep the good work up ,
What a great view from your shop, must be a relaxing setting to work in.
Love it. I hope you show more repairs on this car
+Randy Charlton Ah I'm kicking myself for not filming more of the tune-up stuff: ignition timing, carburetor and choke adjustment, cooling fan upgrades, tachometer calibration....getting stranded at the gas station lol
Thanks for the ride Ivan. Makes me weep for my Saab. Miss the rag top for sure.
+Randy Gudeahn (ProTech) Hey Randy! Saabs are quirky and very cool...especially the manuals :) Turbo power!
It was a 1997 900 Turbo convertible 5 speed manual. Loved it.
very nice indeed,hope to see more work being done to this AH3000..thank you very much Ivan.
Ivan when I heard the Trunnion I almost freaked. Man you brought back many bad memories of doing these. However I thought your idea of honing the bush was excellent ,never ever gave that a thought ,maybe because we used reamers.Very nice video took me way back.5 STAR.Tam.PS the later stub axles were threaded at the lower trunnion and were a nightmare always seizing up.
Great video Ivan!!!!....very very beautifull car!!!!.....awesome work keeping that beauty alive!!!!....congratulations!!!
When I was 14, my neighbor bought a junk Healey. Even at 14, I didn't get into or out of it. I put it on, and took it off! That's a tiny car, for sure! But they look just awesome!
We still ream bronze bushings on International truck steering pins/kingpins. We just bought a tapered-fluted reamer from our local bolt supplier Fastenal. Amazing how similar the little car resembles the large truck front end.
Very nice looking Austin Ivan and glad to see the owner kept her up after all of those years. Interesting that you didn't have much trouble finding parts for such an old vehicle. Looking forward to seeing what else you do with her. And you must have filmed this way back in the summer.
+stuzman52 Hi Terry! It was an honor and a pleasure to work on his beloved Healey! I did cringe quite a few times as I was working on it and un-doing other people's mistakes. Let's just say that some "mechanics" who touched this beauty before I got to it should not have been allowed even near it!!!
Oh yeah, figured I would put out a summer vid to help everyone get through this cold spell :)
Oh man would I be lost trying to work on one of those cars, lol. Great video.
Sounds like my Lawnmower, beautiful car. Old school is the only way to go. I wonder if the engine has been worked on, its 49 years old and still runs decent. The difference between new cars and old cars is mind boggling.
+Charles Miller The owner told me that 20 years ago he did get the engine overhauled to combat the low oil pressure problem. New bearings, piston rings...the works. However the quality of work was questionable...you will see in Part 2.
I don't think you can put 200k miles on an old British machine with just oil changes...technology has advanced no doubt. But it is very "rebuildable" and easy to work on...something that can't be said about modern "disposable" vehicles :)
Glad you posted this video, I am tearing into my Healey front suspension. I also need kingpins.
Its gave me a little chuckle to see you working on this old gem. Seen as your specialty is diagnosing weird and complicated electrical issues and this old thing probably has fewer than 2 dozen circuits. As they used to say in England in the heydey of the British car industry - Lucas Electrics - Home before dark!
Nice to see such an old classic being looked after. British roadsters and sports cars always seemed to do pretty well in the US market for some reason. When I've been stateside I've been surprised how many MG's and Triumphs I've seen. Especially in California there are quite a few TR4's/TR6's/Spitfires and i saw a few MG-B's and MG-C's. Its probably because they don't rust out in the south west.
I'm a bit of a classic car guy. My boss has a 1971 Jensen Interceptor (not sure if they ever exported to the US). Its got a Chrysler V8 engine, beautiful vehicle. My neighbor has just brought a shell of an old series Landrover. The 2.2 petrol engine is possibly salvageable amazingly enough but its electrical system is 1968 vintage with a Dynamo (no alternator). So I'll be helping him with it. One of my clients has a stunning red TR6 which is a pretty interesting vehicle because it was one of the first examples of direct multi point fuel injection in a vehicle, although the export versions were carborated. A bit nicer than the MG-B hes got because its got an overdrive so it will cruise on the motorway at 100 quite comfortably in the MG-B (4 speed manual) its a bit worrying running it at 75-80 because the engine is working so hard.
Funny you mention spare parts for old classics. The last part of the UK's largest car company and employer the once mighty British Leyland (once British Motor Corporation) is Unipart who among other things sell parts for these old classics. They do pretty well out of it. The rest of the business is long gone.
+zoidberg444 The only circuit I had to diagnose on this baby was for the overdrive engagement solenoid. The relay is tied to the manual toggle switch, the shifter, and the accelerator cable as well. Why they didn't just install a regular 5th gear in the tranny is beyond me...
motoYam82
Yeah. Overdrives were a sort of a peculiar bit of kit really. I suppose with the way the engines are mounted for rear wheel drive they wanted to keep the gearbox shorter. It was the same division of GKN which made pretty much all the overdrive units for all the big UK manufacturers - British Leyland, Rootes, Ford UK, Jaguar and Landrover. They were expensive as well. On the Triumph roadsters it was like nearly an extra £1000 to have an overdrive in the early 70's. When you consider you could buy an ok house for £3500. I think it was a money making exercise more than anything.
Almost all Healey's were exported to US and almost all had overdrive. For 1967 Overdrive was standard on US market 3000's (this car) and the car sold for about $3500 overdrive included.
Hi Ivan, I love your mechanical repair vids (electrical/wiring work makes my brain hurt!) and glad to see you admire an old British classic like the Healey 3000. They're a rare sight now over here in the UK - never mind over there in the States. By the way, you have gained another subscriber ;) Cheers, Mark.
Thanks, Mark! :)
Ivan, That took me back, The special reamer for doing the bushes, I have one, it's a alignment reamer and does both the upper and lower bushes at the same time. You couldn't reamer all the bushes, o/s and n/s separately without having tight spots. If the drive to your friends house is as bad as yours, you'll be soon replacing them again. Grease the kingpins monthly :-)) You can borrow the reamer at any time, but pay the postage from the UK. or get your friend to make me an offer if he keeping the car. p/s Love yours and Eric's videos, best on U tube
Love the car. I was looking for a Sprite or midget until I got to drive one. At 6' tall the top frame of the windshield was right in my line of sight. I still love those cars.
Good video and a sweet Healy. Its hard to beat the sound of a straight six. Another good source of parts fro British sports cars is Long Motor Company.
You are only 100 miles south of me but looks 100 degrees warmer. That's it. I'm moving down there.
+Astro Camper haha just don't take the convertible!
you live in a beautiful place. great video by the way :-)
Awesome! Love those Austin Healeys.
+Guy Ko Only when they run right... :)
Haha. That's half the fun of owning an old English car.
Fun cars to work on but Lucas electronics will leave you stranded all over. Back in the 70's diagnostics was done almost exclusively with a scope on the rope, analog volt ohm meter, dwell meters & timing lights but we had generator/alternator tester with belts to spin them up, distributor machines, armature growlers, etc, adjust points with a match book...it was easy but boring. It's a lot more fun to work on cars now. We did toe adjustments with a toe bar by scribing the tires like Bryan stated below plus you don't have to worry about sidewall runout, bulges or distortions. You should try it next time and do a comparison between both and then see what the alignment rack shows. Nice video brings back memories of changing truck kingpins & line reaming the bushings but a brake hone will work in a pinch on a little Austin...good tip. Simple little engine have fun with the oil pump.
Nice rims, my 61 3000 has steel wheels. Wish I had yours!
How do you get the kingpin apart? I need to put a shim in there for vertical play.
Oh Ivan,,, this is such a great video. Working on such a different car must've been exciting for you. For a moment I thought I was looking at Edd China,,,, LOL
+chungaleta1234 Ed China is a cool dude...that guy can fix pretty much anything!
Ivan another method for setting toe you might try can be a little simpler and faster possibly. raise the vehicle in the front so both steer tires are off the ground. using a screwdriver tip or an awl and something to rest it against, or a nail driven thru a block of wood bring. bring the point under the front of the tire till it contacts it in the tread area. rotate the tire several times scribing a temporary line into the tire. repeat on the other tire then lower the vehicle so the suspension is loaded. measure between the lines front to rear of the tires and adjust accordingly
+Bryan Saunders Thats how we used to do it on the alignment rack with the toe bar and it had the scribe on the bar...old school how it was done before computerized and laser racks.
Beatifull video Ivan, i love cars classic.
Just read your "about" section of your website. Very interesting background.
Enjoy the videos.
Nice vid buddy I bet some are wondering what a choke is. Ha
Ivan what a cool vid. The English 3 position switch DIM FLICKER SHORT TO GROUND Trust me I worked on sterling cars (look it up) Best of luck friend.
+Joseph Tucci hahaha good one XD
+motoYam82 But it's true... My SOP on anything with Lucas electrics is simple, I don't work on them....
+Joseph Tucci Oh yeah... lol
Great video Ivan. I love classics. May need another alignment after that ride. Lol. Ohhhhhhh. Oil pump tear down. Awesome. And when do we get to meet Mrs. Ivan?
+Emt Scythe Mrs. Ivan is a little camera shy...but maybe she can make a guest appearance by special request :)
+motoYam82 Awesome. I look forward to it. ;).
+motoYam82 Uhm, we already have met her. I say with all due respect, she is very cute and has a radiant, lovely smile. I love the curly hair. You did well Ivan, but then, so did she. Great gal - great guy - great couple!
Given her a good go. Aye chap.
does "50" niple feed grease up into "6" and thus the fulcrum pin, my Austin FX4 london taxi has a niple atop the king pin- "it seems " as installed for greasing, and removed for driving - so damper arms and leep-frog the top of the king pin, while driving, I just bent a fulcrum pin "8" while getting it out- to change the damper, pin was rust into steel inside the bushes "7"
I remember those dames trunnions and swivel pins and bushings and so forth from the old days back when in the 1950s you had king pins there was similar to their suspension. Before the Ball joint. Actually they were much better much tougher for the old roads of gravel and rocks compared to the modern ball joints.
Surprised all that shook free was the speedo lens :)
Car is sweet ! I know you live a hundred fifty miles or so from me, what, you get a heat wave in NY ? Going to be in the single digits here in CT !
+Billy R Pshhh... in Siberia anything above 0 degrees is shirtless weather :P
LOL !
Whaaaat! No computer? How does it work? Have a 67 MGB so feel the pain. Trying to get Moss as a dependent. Just replaced my front rotors and found half the parts missing from the hub. You can almost build some of these cars from that catalogue. Thanks for the vid.
great video how good does your JumpStart kit keep a charge in extreme cold live in Chicago battery powered stuff doesn't hold a charge in my experience
That is a very nice car! Great work. That is some very nice country side where you have your shop. I'd like to live there.
Eric O's shop is also in a nice area. You always think of New York as a big metropolis, but there are some nice areas around the city. How far are you from a major town? If it interests you, I'm writing from the San Francisco Bay Area.
+jewllake I'm only 15 minutes from State College, a university town of about 50k inhabitants. Can't stand big cities...they suck the energy out of me :)
24.34 we reach pavement... dats a long way on gravel...What was the button you messed with at you pulled up to the intersection was that lights? great old car.. lucas wiring? you know the guy that invented darkness.. I have a mg mkII where the body was battery positive and you had to insulate you ground to the battery.. Rust loved these cars..
+Mike Pratali That my friend was the Electronic Overdrive. Pretty complicated system actually!
+Mike Pratali HOLY CRAP!! All that complexity for one extra gear?! Props to the rebuilder in that vid, a true master of his craft. A lot of precision hits with a hammer, that's for sure :)
+Mike Pratali Oh you mean the switch on the steering wheel above the horn button? That's the turn signal switch! Self-cancelling too!
Great video... where do you live??? It's beautiful there!!
Thumb up for the vintage repair and shirtless work
Most kingpin bushings are usually made from bronze, not brass. Brass I would thing would be too soft.
Ivan, be aware of the tremendous understeer of these Healey's !!
+Willem Streutgers Dang I thought it was just the old skinny tires :) Honestly my old van feels more predictable in corners than this thing lol
If you ever have a chance to look at 1950-60's AMC cars your going to see an even more complicated trunnion suspension.
ilike this car is beutiful
Can't really hookup the Verus to this one! lol
+Mike F Actually I did. And it literally MELTED THE LEADS!!! Lots of smoke! Damn positive ground lol
What next, a Morris Marina? ;)
You mention it is a good idea to have a battery jump start in your car. The device you show is the pocket, portable, compact battery assist. Since this uses a lithium ion, high charge density battery similar to what is used in hover boards, I wonder about the safety of leaving this device in an automobile. There have been national reports about hover boards suddenly bursting into flame. Might this be a concern with these compact battery assist devices?
+acarl1018 I also keep a fire extinguisher right next to it lol! In Russia, a fire extinguisher and a first-aid kit were mandatory items for vehicle safety inspection. True story.
+motoYam82 Yikes!
now we know where the cash stash is lol
british qualty the speedo came loose! at 24:38 seriously though its a beautiful car.
+mh87351 Nah I just had it out for calibration purposes...but for some reason it was indeed glued into the wooden dash with some nasty black tar before I got to it.
Pretty darn rare to see a left hand drive British car. Not like the Japanese manufacturers who have sent more left hand drives to America than right hand drives to their own country.
Actually more left than right for Austin-Healey. They were made mainly for sale to North America.
what you do when can't see is ok but when we can cover yourself up and slow down on the camera movement.
Steering wheel isn’t centered. It’s about 10 and should be 12
ivan ...its Britain .....its bigger than england
your test drive was more like going 4 wheeling
I didn't see the grease gun. Hope you used one.
nude car repairs are kinda weird but i'm not judging anybody 15:35 lmao
+Ozzstar Hey man gotta have something good for the female viewers too right? :)
The British were just way behind. Ford cars had Ball Joints in 1954 and Chevy did in 1955
clean your parts first for visual inspection before replacing anything.