[Healeys] A Mystery

Bob Spidell bspidell at comcast.net
Sun Sep 24 08:49:36 MDT 2017


Thanks.  I suspect aftermarket tanks may not have it.

Bob


On 9/23/2017 2:20 PM, Tom Felts wrote:
> I can only speak for a BJ8.  It came equipped with a sock-type filter over the PU tube--inside the tank.
>
> It was whitish in color --mesh type---and as I remember some cloth-like material.
> tom
> ---- Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net> wrote:
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> What kind of 'filter' is there in the tank?  Anyone have a photo?
>
> We dismantled an original BN2 tank, and there was nothing but a tube to
> (almost) the bottom.
>
> Bob
>
>
> On 9/22/2017 8:39 AM, Tom Felts wrote:
>> the tank has to be cut open---and done by someone who understands the danger in doing that.
>>
>>
>> ---- Bob Simmen <rsimmen at nc.rr.com> wrote:
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>> Tom,
>> How do you get to the filter inside the tank?  When I removed the sending unit from my tank, all I could see were the baffles.
>> I recently had to blow my lines from the fuel pump to the tank with air to clear the filter.  It has worked for now, but I am sure it is just time before it clogs again.
>> Thanks in advance.
>> Bob
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