[Healeys] Carbs Balance Pipe BN1/BN2 -

Curtis Arndt cnaarndt at gmail.com
Fri Aug 19 10:07:18 MDT 2022


Jean,

John Harper is 100% correct, over the past 30+ years I've worked on many
original BN1/2/100M manifolds (10+) and they ALL had this packing string
type packing material material and NONE with a rubber seal.

Cheers,

Curt

On Fri, Aug 19, 2022 at 3:06 AM john harper <ah100tech at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.
>>
>>
>>
>> Jean
>>
>>
>>
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