[Healeys] Flame Arrestor for BN4 Vacuum Line?

[Derek Job]

Rich,

The flame arrester did not have a separate part number, the part number was
for the whole copper line, which included the arrester.

Derek
On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 1:53 PM, Rich Chrysler
<richchrysler at quickclic.net>wrote:

> Hello all,
>
>
>
> I'm in the process of building a very early Longbridge BN4, in fact it's
> consecutive Body number 326, built 25 October, 1956.
>
>
>
> There were a lot of pieces missing from this car when I found it so I've
> been hunting down many of the missing parts. I have been lead to believe
> that the early cars were fitted with a small "flame arrestor", a bulb
> shaped
> piece in the vacuum line between inlet manifold and distributor vacuum
> unit.
> To see what this unit looks like, refer to Moss MGA listings Part Number
> 163-620.
>
> I cannot find any record of this item in even the earliest BN4 Spare parts
> book, nor any mention of it in any of the workshop manuals.
>
>
>
> Does anybody else have positive confirmed knowledge that this flame
> arrestor
> fitting should be there?
>
>
>
> Rich Chrysler
> _______________________________________________
> Support Team.Net http://www.team.net/donate.html
> Suggested annual donation  $12.75
> Archive: http://www.team.net/archive
> Forums: http://www.team.net/forums
>
> Healeys at autox.team.net
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/listinfo/healeys
>
> Unsubscribe/Manage:
> http://autox.team.net/mailman/options/healeys/derek.c.job@gmail.com