[TR] Fuel Tank connection

greg at gelhar.com greg at gelhar.com
Sun Mar 11 11:38:08 MDT 2012


I would like to know more about the tubing nuts and ferrules used on
Triumphs. I have a home machine shop and could make repairs if I only knew
the dimensions. Anyone have a better link to this info?

Greg G

>
> Thanks for the link, Greg.
>
> Oddly enough, though (perhaps because it is for medium to high pressure
> hydraulic fittings), it doesn't include the fittings used on the TR3 fuel
> system.  The TR3 tank fitting is a "reverse compression" fitting.  I
> forget
> the threads offhand, but they are (deliberately) not standard bolt or pipe
> threads.
>
> But I have no idea what Bill's Healey would have.
>
> -- Randall


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