Davis,
My previous and still low priority hobby is Model airplanes. The regular
fuel tubing is way too big. The tubing supplied is about 1/6 or 3/32 OD...
maybe 1/8. I will try to find the leftovers and measure.
Brian Sanborn
62 TR4 CT16260L - Groton, MA
My TR4 Restoration Web Site
http://www.net1plus.com/users/sanborn/Home.html (Big Update on 6/13/99)
E-Mail: sanborn@net1plus.com
-----Original Message-----
From: David Hill <davhill@cwcom.net>
To: Malcolm Walker <walker05@camosun.bc.ca>
Cc: sanborn@net1plus.com <sanborn@net1plus.com>; The Usual Suspects
<triumphs@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, June 22, 1999 2:29 PM
Subject: Re: Gauges
>
>Hi Malcolm,
>
>How about using silicone tubing. This is used for model aircraft and the
>like and is extremely soft and flexible. It's about 3mm outside diameter
>and being proof against model aircraft fuel, should handle anything as
>instrument glass packing.
>Try a model shop.
>
>Cheers,
>
>Dave Hill
>
>Malcolm Walker wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 22 Jun 1999 sanborn@net1plus.com wrote:
>>
>> > and supplied me with the o-rings for the outside of the
>> > gauges and lengths of a hollow vinyl tubing that was used to
>> > form the seal between the bezel and glass.
>> >
>> > If you can find a flexible small diameter tubing you could
>> > use that. I could not locate it anywhere.
>>
>> Would heat-shrink tubing work? I got some small-diameter stuff (clear,
>> even) when I got a grab-bag from Radio Shack.
>>
>> -Malcolm
>> * There is a FAQ for this list! Its new home is:
>> http://www.islandnet.com/~walker05/triumph/trfaq.htm
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