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This piqued my interest as I've had (along with others in my club) leaks at the fuel pump inlet, and it seemed logical if modern ferrules were 0.25" vs the original 0.30". I looked at several ferrules I have and they are all 0.25". So then I looked up the ferrule
in the Standard Triumph Hardware Catalog. It is a TL0008 and according to the specs, it was: suited for pipe diameter 5/16" with a nominal internal diameter of 0.315"-0.318" and a thickness (<i>length</i>) of 0.250". So it appears that the length was not 0.300".
Maybe the shape was different of the wall thickness was wider on the original ferrules???</div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, August 11, 2020 11:40 AM<br>
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<span style="">Ed is correct, it is the ferrule that does the sealing when it is compressed by the threaded fitting tightening down to the fuel pump housing. The fuel pipe threads into the fuel pump with a 5/16” compression fitting. If replaced, these may be
prone to leaking fuel because the original ferrule was .297” to .303” in length whereas most North American ferrules are only .247” to .253” in length. Consequently, the compression fitting often bottoms out before the ferrule is properly compressed. The Roadster
Factory sells compression fittings and ferrules that they claim do not have this problem. Also, several years ago, Scott uhring suggested using two ferrules end to end and filed down on the mating surface to get the necessary length.</span></p>
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<b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span lang="EN-US"> EDWARD WOODS <fogbro1@comcast.net>
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<b>Sent:</b> August 11, 2020 7:02 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Greg Lemon <grglmn@gmail.com>; staffel <staffel@comcast.net><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Triumphs <triumphs@autox.team.net><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [TR] TR4 Fuel Delivery Issue & Mod</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif; color:#333333">And isn't it the brass "acorn" that seals the connection at the pump, not the threads? ISTR that the original "acorn" is a bit longer than the replacements available which limits
compression and can cause a leak. At one time there was someone making a longer "acorn" to solve this problem.
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