Was able to have a local hose shop use the flare fittings and make a new
hose. Fits great!
Bruce Steele
Brea, CA
1960 BN7
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bruce
Steele
Sent: Monday, June 12, 2017 9:30 PM
To: 'Healey List' <healeys at autox.team.net>
Subject: [Healeys] Braided steel fuel line for BN7
I've an interesting dilemma. When I got my car years ago, the fuel line was
cut off near the carbs-i.e., no fitting. At the time, a rubber hose was
simple attached with a standard hose clamp. Last time I had the engine out
in 2004-2005, I fabricated a steel fuel line, used a compression fitting to
attach it to the end of the vertical line, and installed a glass bowl
filter. I was pretty happy with my pipe bending prowess for an amateur.
(See the attached photo. And yes, I know I have a fuel line and glass bowl
sitting ahead of the engine mass, a clear fire danger in a collision. But
it is aft of the steering box, so I figure I may burn up after I've been
impaled by the steering column.) Anyway, the Moss BN7 fuel line at the time
was a 5/16 standard flare, and that was later replaced after around 5 years
with another 5/16 standard flare braided steel line, this one with black and
red tracers.
The trouble now is that the BN7 flex lines I got from both AH Spares and
Moss have a different nipple inside the female connector; it's not a conical
flair, and while it seems to go on the fuel rail, albeit with some
difficulty, it won't fit on the 5/16 flare connection from the filter. I
don't know what happened to the old flare style hose, but right now I'm
stuck using a 5 year old fuel line. I'm investigating custom hose
manufacturers, but I wonder if anyone on the list has a source for the
braided lines with the black and red tracers, or any 5/16 flair braided fuel
line.
Thanks.
Bruce Steele
Brea, CA
1960 BN7
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