[Healeys] Weber manifold related queries

Wilko2 e-wilkins at cox.net
Wed Jan 15 09:11:51 MST 2014


The "breather tube" is actually a vacuum manifold that is needed for the S.U.
to control the fuel mixture by raising lowering the needles via those
dashpots. Webers don't work that way, so the tube connecting them isn't
needed.

Rick



On Jan 14, 2014, at 12:04 PM, Simon Lachlan wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It might not have escaped your collective attention that I'm in the throes
> of installing 3 Webers in my 3000. I have yet more questions........
>
>
>
> 1)      I note that my MKII BT7 (tricarb) has a 3 way breather tube linking
> its three, currently fitted, individual inlet manifolds. Furthermore, BMC
> attached sufficient thought to this breather business as to actually
> increase the size of said breather tube during MKII production. Yet the
> manifolds which I've just purchased have no provision for a breather tube.
> What do you think?
>
> 2)      My car has a factory fitted servo so I need a vacuum feed for that.
> The manifold plug hole, pre-drilled in one (only) of the manifolds, is
quite
> small. How big a pipe does one need to keep the servo happy?
>
>
>
> Thank you,
>
> Simon
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