In message <9401202053.AA13333@itg.ti.com> writes:
> Hi Folks,
> I'm finally making some good headway in my attempts to distill one good MG
> Midget from two - my complete and assembled but very rusty '74, and my
> nearly complete and not rusty but disassembled-in-boxes-when-I-bought-it
> '71. I'm getting to the point now that I need some advice:
>
> I've heard that brake line fittings on some LBC's are odd (for US) - maybe
> Whitworth threads? Can I buy the fittings readily in the US and make the
> lines myself? Is there a cutoff point where older cars have wierd
> fittings, and newer cars have fittings that I can get easily? I'm not
> worried about doing the piping, just getting the right fittings to match.
>
Questions I can't answer deleted.
> Thanks for the help folks,
> Geoff Bishel Think... It ain't illegal yet
> bishel@lobby.ti.com - G. Clinton
Geoff,
During the 50s-60s & maybe early 70s the British used fittings that had the same
size and diameter as the U.S. fittings. Most I believe are 3/8ths. The used a
single flair. The difference is that they were longer. The front end of the
male fitting was free of threads and helped you line up the threads. The
threaded section is longer. What this means to you. If you put a U.S. male
fitting into a British female fitting the male fitting may run out of threads
before the flair seats and seals. If you use a British make fitting with a
shorter U.S. female fitting, the flair will seat with only about 1/2 of a thread
holding it in place.
Sometime during the late 60s or 70s the British switched over to the European
double flair. The thread stayed the same, but the ends changed to seat the
double flair. The double flair ends and ready made tubing is readilly available
in the U.S.
Now about the older single flair British fittings...
I have made an order that should come in Fri for fittings. I went through
Rovers North a Land Rover parts dealer that specializes inparts for older Land
Rovers. 802-879-0032
They a number of parts that are in common with many older LBCs. The hydrolic
fittings is just one item. I ordered and have received new lines that go
between the can type resevoir and the master cylinders. They alo have new
resevoirs.
I tried The Roadster Factory and Moss. Neither carry most steel hydrolic lines.
Good luck,
TeriAnn
The once & future TR3A
TeriAnn Wakeman One of these days, I'll be old enough that
twakeman@apple.com people will stop calling me crazy and start
LINK: TWAKEMAN calling me eccentric.
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