Nail It! ay Stevejekopian "Nail That’rght thinking of doing work on the interior of your Healey use nals Big ones! Spring is a great time to work onthe interior of your car especialy the doors. re the windows rating or satched? Are the weather seals around the window dry, and cracking? Ar the door panels showing their age, or alin ofthe vinyl onthe tp ras ripped ? Then perhaps you need toread on. ‘Working onthe door panels has always been a frustrating and time-consuming projea fr me, Getting the door panel offhas never been a problem, as most of the time itis barely Fld on anyway. But geting the door handle and window crank back on and trying te insert thse litle pins Inthe itl hole while pushing the door panel in and the escutcheon, spring and crowat look nthe “Moss catalog) isa pan inthe a__! And fyou ae installing new door panes tha re tht, tis even ‘more ofa challenge. You have probably used needle nose ples to hold the pi, whileyou try to push the panel in, hold the handle, side the pin. Got the point "Moss's big interior upholstery sales usually In the spring and fyou need these items donot mis asthe price reductions are huge, 8ut how does ll this relate to raling Did Just nesded 2 cathy lead into get your attention? Not quit. Thiss another helpful tech atc that wil prevde you with 2 Healey experience insight that you can use immediately, suggest to a frend, who wil think you rea great Healey Master Mechanic"or tuck nto the back of you mind unlit is needed Tetris tous alcohol the window crank and door hands in and thsshowit wor PRIN 210 3 ich ato te core dame tin theholelnthe hand and shat rom the pony end mesture about inch this shoud the sie ofthe pn you raved and hal insite eseuinon Unga acsaw cts pov a rund the a ee Mie pcture)z0the short end canbe broken off, but not yet et the Picture, Now when instaling the hence you cn comvortsbly hold the ral push inthe panel ezcutcheon, ete nd sé the nil into position, (Once in just move the nal sdet se unl itbreaks off and you are done, Simple, k works and itis 235 Who would have thought you could na the intro ofa Hedley. “his entry was posted in Intel on June 12,2014 hep: austi-neaey-scorgitech- anilessinterio by rcSeats Stuck? ‘Lots of Heoleys sin have a common problem ~the seat track are frozen solid o take slot of effort to move. K'seems:hat the passenger side I worse, perhaps because it gets movedless often. ‘Do you wont your seats to glide like they ae supposed to? Do you want people to getin you car and feel comfortable being abe to move the seas around and you donithave to make excuses. New seat ras arent cheap, about $90.00 apa. “This Tech article wll expan how to repair and afurtlch your seat rls so they lide into postion eh efor at al. The seat ail repair i simple jb tha can be done with just basic tons that you. ‘already have, Fist remove the seat bottom and then the sx nuts that old the seatback en. Now |J2ck up the car and from below remove thesis ols that hold the seat alsin The passenger side's e2sier—no exhaust pipes to contend with, Under the rls ae apiece of wood ang a sheet metal Step save them you cen. Once the ras are aut determine how much you have to take them apa. realy frozen orf somebolts ae broken you should Separate the top and Bottom als, Todo so tthe seat ralina vce and knock the pins out of the bottom ral using all punch, then remove ‘the 8 ball berings four per end) by sliding them out the ens, Now the two ras can be separate, Wire brush or sand blast the rls to clean them up. To replace broken bolton the top ralluse 3 ringing whee! to grind the head down on the inside and then what’ let ofthe bolton ths outside. (Once Nat putin a vice and use the nal punch to knock aut the bolt On te bottom rll you an not _gethe grinding wheel inside so ground down the bolt as far as you can and use the neil punch to knock out Toreplace the boks finds bot ofthe right length and threads and grin down the head tits about the thickness of a carter. Now finda fiend with welding equioment or ask your gis station ‘uy 10 tackitin place, The seat ras were originally cad plated a sive color, soa itl ster paint should bea dose match, Use some white lubricating grease o the rails and the adjusting ‘mechanism and put two al bearings In one side of all then wiggle the alto inser the other two ‘onthe same end, Masking tape onthe ends ofthe als can help keep them in place, Now reinsert. ‘the retaining pn and harrmer into place. Do that forthe ather side and your done. Rensialltion is ‘asthe repalr manual says." reversal of removal. The wood piece i 3/8" thick f you haveto replace yours ands wood colored. 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