[Healeys] carb hose BJ8

[Bruce Steele]

Yes, I suspected that as well.  The fitting on the pipe from the bowl filter is a standard 5/16 flare.  But the replacement hoses did not seat on the carb fuel pipe either, so I had problems at both ends, not just the non-original end.

 

Bruce Steele

Brea, CA

1960 BN7

 

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] carb hose BJ8

 

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

 

 

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From: Bruce Steele <healeybruce at roadrunner.com <mailto:healeybruce at roadrunner.com> >
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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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