[Healeys] Carbs Balance Pipe BN1/BN2 -

[john harper]

Jean

I believe that you have this the wrong way around. The originals were made
up of some sort of string impregnated with lead. As you say once used
by plumbers. The original shape was a circular cylinder shape with ends
shaped to fit into the beveled carburetor body on one side and a similar
shape to the clamping ring. The leaded string was then forced tight when
the plate was tightened.

'O' rings are supplied now but are not always a tight fit. Lead is not a
favored material these days

Regards

On Fri, 19 Aug 2022 at 06:30, Jean Caron via Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
wrote:

> There are very few things that I find when restoring Austin-Healeys that
> surprise me anymore but today, while dismantling a set of carbs for a BN2,
> I came across this at one end of the balance pipe. The correct part is a
> rubber gland seal but at some point it was replaced by some black plumber
> packing string, just shook my head.
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