[Healeys] carb hose BJ8
Bruce Steele
healeybruce at roadrunner.com
Wed Jul 12 08:04:26 MDT 2017
FWIW, the fuel hose for my BN7 was also problematic. I had a steel braided line with red and black tracers that fit perfectly which I got perhaps 5 years ago from British Car Specialists, if memory serves. The fittings are an inverse flare. I got one replacement from British Car Specialists and had problems with it threading on and seating, and also one from Moss, which came from a different vendor, but with the same style. The fittings on the replacement hoses were similar to a flare, but instead of tapering to the orifice, they were squared off. And while I could force the treads on both the fuel rail and the fitting from my glass bowl filter, they would not seat properly. I returned the Moss unit, but unfortunately I fouled the threads on the one from BCS rendering it junk. I finally had a local hose and hydraulics company make me a hose using the fittings from the prior hose. Problem solved, albeit a bit expensively considering the cost of manufacture plus the wasted hose.
Bruce Steele
Brea, CA
1960 BN7
From: Healeys [mailto:healeys-bounces at autox.team.net] On Behalf Of Bob Spidell
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2017 9:21 PM
To: healeys at autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Healeys] carb hose BJ8
I just realized my message didn't add much value. Ask the Moss guys--Michael Grant was their top Healey guy last I checked--if they've recently switched vendors for these. IIRC, mine were Petroflex. I also noted the new hard line to carbs was a couple inches shorter than the one I got from Moss many moons ago, so things can change.
Bob
On 7/11/2017 6:37 PM, Bob Spidell wrote:
I fitted new lines from Moss on my BJ8 a couple months ago with no issues.
Bob
On 7/11/2017 12:42 PM, Mike Garvey wrote:
The tubes on my BJ8 banjo nuts are 0.309" (just shy of 5/16") OD. Fuel line PN 376-870 (Moss) is about 7/32" ID, though the shipping document says "1/4 in". I was unable to force the fuel line on the banjo tubes: the fuel line is too small.
I made this observation to Moss Customer Service and they promised to look into it, adding that there have not been a flurry of returns.
Mike
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