[Healeys] carb hose BJ8

[warthodson at aol.com]

I would suspect that part of the problem is that the threads & the seat dimensions on the banjo fitting & the threads & seat dimensions on the non-original glass bowl filter are not the same. 
Gary Hodson
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Bruce Steele <healeybruce at roadrunner.com>
To: 'Bob Spidell' <bspidell at comcast.net>; healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Wed, Jul 12, 2017 10:00 am
Subject: Re: [Healeys] carb hose BJ8



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


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