[Healeys] Flame Arrestor for BN4 Vacuum Line?

[Curt/Nancy Arndt]

Chris and Rich,

This same vacuum line with "flame arrestor" is on my 1960 Bugeye Sprite
(yes it's original).  I'll also check my Lucas 400 series master parts book
to see if it's listed.

Curt

On Fri, Mar 30, 2012 at 7:21 PM, Chris Dimmock <austin.healey at gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Rich,
> I've seen these on Austin/ Morris sedans of the mid 1950's, like A30's and
> 6
> cyl A90/ A95's
> Assuming the arrestor you have is on a vacuum line attached to a
> distributor,
> does the distributor have a 100/6 part number on it, or is it from a sedan?
> If you tell me the Lucas part number, I can look it up.
> DM6 40442 is typically sedan
> DM6 40532 / 40581 is typically 100/6
> Not a definitive list of numbers...
>
> I.E Maybe you have a sedan distributor with vac hose and spark arrestor?
>
> Best
> Chris
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On 30/03/2012, at 11:53 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.
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