Ron: Isn't it a shame that the manufacturers of these aftermarket parts
can't get the simple but important details right.
The Aluminum radiator from Denis Welch and the one from Cape Sport are
works of art, but they both got the fitting for the temp gage sensor wrong.
One of life's mysteries, I suppose.
Jim Smith
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Fine" <RonFineEsq@earthlink.net>
To: <healeys@autox.team.net>
Sent: Sunday, June 04, 2006 9:28 PM
Subject: fuel Tank fitting
> Thanks to everyone for all the suggestions. I was hoping to just pop the
tank
> in this morning and be done with it but I guess I will need to do some
> adapting. Just for the record, my original tank outlet does have a
straight
> coarse male thread. The original fuel pipe is terminated with a
mushroom
> shaped fitting sweated on to the pipe. This end seats against a large
concave
> surface in the end of the tank fitting and is tightened up with a female
> threaded nut that threads onto the male fitting on the tank. I believe
that
> these were original. I also believe that this type of fitting is more
leak
> proof and less likely to fatigue from vibration than the usual off the
shelf
> compression fittings that squeeze a ring around the pipe. That's why I
was
> trying to save the original type of fitting. I will simply have to
replace
> the old fitting on the end of the pipe with another piece of new pipe
and use
> an off the shelf pipe thread to compression union. I know it's not that
big
> of a deal, I just assumed the new tank would have the same fittings. My
> mistake.
> Ron
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