[Healeys] Hot water tube route

Gary R. Brierton gbrierton at hotmail.com
Sat Jun 25 10:03:01 MDT 2011


I know...seems silly.  But...as I mentioned a while ago, if the little double
loop everyone describes ends up resting against the wiring harness, it makes a
very efficient saw when vibrating.  I had a fire under the bonnet caused by
this action just before Conclave '97.
GaryB


> Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:43:18 -0700
> From: eyera3 at gmail.com
> To: coudesluijs at chello.nl
> CC: healeys at autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Healeys] Hot water tube route
>
> Thanks to all. One thing that amuses me is admonitions to be concerned
about
> X. The capillary tube has been routed haphazardly for over 35 years without
> incident...
> I will take care on te-install....
>
> Ira Erbs
> IT Consultant
> Portland, OR
>
> sent from my Droid, please excuse typos and random self corrections because
> my phone has It's own ideas about what word I meant to write
>
> On Jun 25, 2011 12:58 AM, "Oudesluys" <coudesluijs at chello.nl> wrote:
> > Make sure it is well fixed along the path under the dashboard, along the
> > firewall and on the full length of the engine. Add at least a double
> > loop coil between engine and firewall. The soft copper capillary tube
> > can easily harden and break/crack because of vibration.
> > Kees Oudesluijs
> > NL
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