BJ 8 Toolkit - once and for all...

[AH_3000]

Dear experts :wink:!

I would like to set this subject straight, once and for all. I own a late BJ 8, 1967, and there still are various opinions of how a correct toolkit for my car should look like. I know that some people living in the States can send a money order to the Concours Register and receive a CD which might cover the subject. Some other suggests to buy the famous Restoration Guide by Moment/Anderson, but this costs around 600 USD since it is out of print.

Can somebody supply valid information and some decent pictures of the tool kit, in order for me to start looking for the right tools out there?

I know it was an extra option on later cars and I know that it wasn't as extensive as in the fifties, but please, fill me in with facts and pictures...

Best Regards
Chris

 

[Legal Bill]

Chris,

I just went through this myself. From my recent memory, the kit included:

1. Plastic bag with straps "welded" to the bag.

2. Red painted Shelly "pot-type" jack.

3. Jack handle (long galvanized rod tht fits into the receiver of the jack.

4. Spark plug wrench (galvanized tube with socket-like points at one end to fit over the plugs and a hole on the other for a short bar.)

5. Spark plug wrench bar. This is a galvanized rod, rounded over on one end so it won't slip through the holes of the spark plug wrench.

6. Lead hammer (not copper or rawhide, just lead)

I hope all that helps.

 

[Patrick67BJ8]

Chris,

I just went through this myself. From my recent memory, the kit included:

1. Plastic bag with straps "welded" to the bag.

2. Red painted Shelly "pot-type" jack.

3. Jack handle (long galvanized rod tht fits into the receiver of the jack.

4. Spark plug wrench (galvanized tube with socket-like points at one end to fit over the plugs and a hole on the other for a short bar.)

5. Spark plug wrench bar. This is a galvanized rod, rounded over on one end so it won't slip through the holes of the spark plug wrench.

6. Lead hammer (not copper or rawhide, just lead)

I hope all that helps.

My late BJ8 has the same toolkit(except the long bar for the jack - I misplaced it).
It seems as though they the BJ8's were more reliable and didn't need as much tools as the earlier Healeys...LOL)
Patrick

 

[Johnny]

Okay Chris here you go; quoting the "restoration guide" on page 133,135 and later 179.
.."the jack was a pot-type Shelly jack with a ratchet-type lifting mechanism, painted orange-red. Early pot jacks had CA259 cast into the yoke, with a 1/2 inch round handle 18 inches long. Later the yoke was designed with a reinforced lip around the handle hole and the casting was changed to CA311.
A minimal tool kit was also supplied, which was carried in a simple black plastic envelope-shaped bag that had two black plastic tie-straps heat-reveted to the bag. This bag contained the following tools: a "sparking plug box spanner", a jack handle, a tommy bar for the spark plug wrench, a Simmons brand hammer with a solid lead head and a wooden handle. Important to remember that on your car you also had a jack securing strap used to buckle the jack to the bumper bracket inside the boot under the little shelf. This strap was made of black cotton webbing with a black-painted toothed roller buckle.

 

[AH_3000]

Thanks!!

Only thing missing now is a picture of how the kit should look like - anyone out there in posession of the "right kit" who can post a couple of pix in this thread???

And by the way - I'm soooo impressed of the knowledge the members of this forum has!! Thanks for sharing! I'll print the info and keep it until my kit is completed...to be continued.

Here is the Shelley jack LJ 225 with the reinforcing collar and serial CA311 on the yoke, which should be correct for my 1967....

Chris

 

[Frankenhealey]

It seems as though they the BJ8's were more reliable and didn't need as much tools as the earlier Healeys...LOL)
Patrick

This was my main BJ8 toolkit

 

[Patrick67BJ8]

It seems as though they the BJ8's were more reliable and didn't need as much tools as the earlier Healeys...LOL)
Patrick

This was my main BJ8 toolkit

Nice "tool box"....got parts to go with the tools?
Patrick

 

[AH_3000]

It seems as though they the BJ8's were more reliable and didn't need as much tools as the earlier Healeys...LOL)
Patrick

This was my main BJ8 toolkit

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Are you sure that's the original kit and not an extra option...???

 

[Frankenhealey]

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Are you sure that's the original kit and not an extra option...???
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It was just the most used toolkit. The useless Austin one never came out of the boot(trunk) :frown:

 

[Legal Bill]

Thanks!!

Only thing missing now is a picture of how the kit should look like - anyone out there in posession of the "right kit" who can post a couple of pix in this thread???

And by the way - I'm soooo impressed of the knowledge the members of this forum has!! Thanks for sharing! I'll print the info and keep it until my kit is completed...to be continued.

Here is the Shelley jack LJ 225 with the reinforcing collar and serial CA311 on the yoke, which should be correct for my 1967....

Chris

Send me you e-mail address and I'll send you a picture of my original stuff. It is all well used, but very original. I'd post the picture here, but I have failed in every effort to post pictures to this forum.

 

[Randy Forbes]

Send me you e-mail address and I'll send you a picture of my original stuff. It is all well used, but very original. I'd post the picture here, but I have failed in every effort to post pictures to this forum.

Bill, I'd be happy to host any pictures you want to put online, and you'd be able to link to them any time in the future (barring technical problems, such as those I had last October).

erandyforbes__at__aol.com (replace the __at__ with @ )

 

[Johnny]

Bill, I too had trouble posting pictures. After careful study I now find it quite easy. It's important first to reduce your photo using software on your computer, you must get it down to less than 150 KB. Do you follow me so for?

Once you know where your reduced size photo is on your computer come back to BCF and type the text in your posting. After the text is complete scroll down to the bottom of the posting screen and locate "file manager". Click on file manager and after waiting a short while a separate, smaller screen, appears. click on "browse" and locate the photo you want to post and click on "open", wait another short term then click on "add file" and you'll see the message just above the "file manager" screen indicating the photo is there. Finally click on "done adding files" and your done that's it! I usually check the box for not allowing signature in the post just cause it's too confusing with the other text and photo.

Sorry about the long post, hope this helps. Try it again.

 

[Randy Forbes]

Picture testing...

 

[Randy Forbes]

Wow Johnny, it works!

Bill, don't feel bad, it took me two (2) tries; I didn't hit the "add files" button before hitting the "done adding files" button.

I didn't know you could add pictures from your computer, I've always had mine online and just linked to them.

 

[GregW]

I didn't know you could add pictures from your computer, I've always had mine online and just linked to them.

The forum software probably didn't have that function when you became a member. Happy anniversary BTW. You just past the 7 year mark here.

 

[Editor_Reid]

I know that some people living in the States can send a money order to the Concours Register and receive a CD which might cover the subject.

Actually all people living anywhere can buy it. It just costs a few dollars more for foreign postage. CONCOURS REGISTRY

I know it was an extra option on later cars

Actually it was standard equipment.

 

[AH_3000]

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Send me you e-mail address and I'll send you a picture of my original stuff. It is all well used, but very original. I'd post the picture here, but I have failed in every effort to post pictures to this forum. [/quote]

Dear Bill!

I'm so impressed of peoples ethusiasm and the knowledge that is out there on the intenet and in on various BBS forums! Just makes my Austin Healey experience so much better and richer! Thanks for your time, everyone!!

Here is my email:
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All the best

Chris
SWEDEN

 

[AH_3000]

Reid!

I've heard different opinions (just like with every other Healey subject :wink: ), but I'm glad to hear that there is an original kit! I just have to collect the various parts out of ebay and sites alikes...

Is that your car or is it just a scale model??? Looks stunning! A 100M I suppose? However, it's difficult to tell if it's a full scale real car, and I just have to know!

Beautiful!

Best

Chris

 

[tahoe healey]

Yea, you buy a Healey and you get a family.

 

[Editor_Reid]

Is that your car or is it just a scale model??? Looks stunning! A 100M I suppose? However, it's difficult to tell if it's a full scale real car, and I just have to know!

Yes, that's one of my Healeys, a real one, although it is not a factory M - but it has the Le Mans Kit and a louvered bonnet and bonnet strap. It may look like a scale model because of what I did to the photo in Photoshop: de-saturated and added Gaussian blur to the background . The purpose is to help focus attention on the car which remains color-saturated and sharp (unblurred).

As a matter of fact, I took that car around Portland International Raceway for three laps today, as part of the opening day festivities at the track.