Randy Forbes
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A little deception never hurt anyone...
I asked Sue to come out and hold the Healey's throttle pedal to the floor so I could set the linkage on the Webers (to avoid over travel).
"Okay, try it a couple times" (pumping a little raw fuel into the sleepy cylinders).
At that point I leaned into the cockpit and switched on the ignition (she just watched). As soon as I touched the starter button, the engine exploded into life!
Now we all know that a long dormant Healey doesn't start THAT easy. Before I called Sue out, I had rolled the engine to 10 degrees BTDC and cranked the distributor to where the points were just cracking.
Did I mention that it has no exhaust system? Just open headers
Yes, it got a few neighbors to come out and take a look see.
I had forwarned them that they'd know when I got it started...
I asked Sue to come out and hold the Healey's throttle pedal to the floor so I could set the linkage on the Webers (to avoid over travel).
"Okay, try it a couple times" (pumping a little raw fuel into the sleepy cylinders).
At that point I leaned into the cockpit and switched on the ignition (she just watched). As soon as I touched the starter button, the engine exploded into life!
Now we all know that a long dormant Healey doesn't start THAT easy. Before I called Sue out, I had rolled the engine to 10 degrees BTDC and cranked the distributor to where the points were just cracking.
Did I mention that it has no exhaust system? Just open headers
I had forwarned them that they'd know when I got it started...