[Tigers] Distributor vacuum line

[genepadgett at comcast.net]

Hi Ron, 


Thanks very much. I greatly appreciate the info. I had given up on find these! 


Gene 

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron Fraser" <rfraser at bluefrog.com> 
To: genepadgett at comcast.net 
Cc: tigers at autox.team.net 
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 8:37:24 PM 
Subject: RE: [Tigers] Distributor vacuum line 

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Thank Gene 

I was looking at the end fittings. I could not find the Ford part number but I did find a description. 
Maybe someone on the List knows the Ford part number for this fitting. 

The fitting are a Brass Fitting - Threaded Sleeve - Nut. 

I have an OLD Weatherhead catalog - 3/16 tube - threaded sleeve nut - 6100X3. 

A quick Google search will give you several sources - I saw one that showed $.90 per part and I'm sure there are better prices. 

I have a Parts + shop in my area that I think has those but not sure. They had the 5/16 fuel line to carb fitting so I think they might carry the nut too. 

Hopefully someone local has them so you don't have to pay huge shipping costs. 

Ron Fraser 



-----Original Message----- 
From: genepadgett at comcast.net [mailto:genepadgett at comcast.net] 
Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2013 7:44 PM 
To: rfraser at bluefrog.com 
Cc: tigers at autox.team.net 
Subject: Re: [Tigers] Distributor vacuum line 


Hi Ron, 


Yes, full length measured absolute tip to tip. Original line, off the car and retrieved from storage shelf for measurement. 


BTW, any idea where one can get a fitting for the end that goes into the canister on the original distributor? Pretty unique sealing tip on it. I did not not want to cut it off the original line. I had my distributor rebuilt and figured out a way to use a part of a compression coupler and a hand bent short piece of same sized line to make a 90 degree elbow to hook up a vacuum flexible line to my new carb. So I am good to go with what I have, but have always been curious about that orginal line- to- distributor hard line fitting. 


Gene