[Healeys] Gland

[Roland Wilhelmy]

A well and pump servicing company will have packing in various
diameters.  Probably the thinnest available would be best for the
Hundred.  The stuff for hose bibbs is pretty small and flexible, too.

One, or perhaps several O-rings of the right size would probably seal
just as well if you can find such.

In a pinch I would try cotton package twine with a lot of graphite
worked into it.  And maybe a bit of beeswax -- something to hold
everything together long enough to assemble.

-Roland
On Wed, 28 Jan 2009 20:06:39 -0800, Curt wrote:

::Keith,
::
::The Gland you are referring to is in fact a length of resin impregnated
::twine that is wrapped around the balance tube and is compressed when the
::plate for the balance tube is attached, thus forming the seal.  Yes I know
::it looks like a sealing ring on the tube, but once used they cannot usually
::be reused.  If you try to remove the ring the twine will unravel, and no
::more ring.
::
::Original gasket kits (NOS) used to supply this twine but newer kits do not.
::One substitute is water pump packing twine but the last time I ordered some
::from my usual restoration parts supplier what they sent me was much too
::thick and stiff to use.
::
::I do need to find some myself for several manifolds that I need to finish,
::so when I do I'll let you and the list know.
::
::Anyone else out there know of a supplier of the thin special twine I
::descrbed?
::
::Cheers,
::
::Curt Arndt