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For 30 years a 1966 A/H 3000 has sat

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so.... i'm helping the original owner get it on the road.

first task, hydraulics... Clutch and brake.
second, fuel system. bought a new SU fuel pump and carb rebuild kit. Any tips here?

it's a 50k car. (miles)

Thanks,Will
 
Welcome to the Forum. Come on over to the Austin Healey forum and post your question, you'll get lots of help! :savewave:
 
Based on recent experience with a TR3 that sat for 30 years, I'd take the radiator to a shop and insist that they "rod it out". Mine only checked the flow after hot-tanking it and pronounced it good, so they didn't bother taking the tanks off and actually pushing a rod through the tubes. After a year of fighting persistant overheating problems, they finally did rod it out, and discovered that all the tubes were coated inside with "mud" (a hard brownish conglomeration of rust flakes and possibly stop-leak) which was greatly reducing heat transfer.
 
Thanks, I'll head over to the Healey forum.

Good tip Randall.

i'm going to get it on the road and shake it down. the internals are pretty clean. the outside has a nice patina. it was well cared for when it was running way back when.
 
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