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Subject: [Healeys] Ethanol effects on rubber
From: tld6008 at mchsi.com (Tim Davis BN7)
Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 21:15:17 -0400 (EDT)
You might want to look at these 
https://xks.com/i-7084373-su-hd8-viton-carburetor-diaphragm-03-6007.html
I used these recently, they were the only supplier that related what the 
diaphragm material was and I know Viton is superior where alcohol is present

Tim Davis BN7

----- Original Message -----
From: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
To: Tim Davis BN7 <tld6008 at mchsi.com>
Cc: Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
Sent: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 21:07:59 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Ethanol effects on rubber

Tom's sells Moss parts--at a 15% discount BTW--and I've never seen the 
composition of these listed anywhere (the jet itself, of course, is 
brass).? I doubt there's a lot of sources for these (I'd guess these 
come from Burlen).

It's the same as the ones in my BJ8; I want to see how it holds up.

Bob


On 6/22/2018 5:41 PM, Tim Davis BN7 wrote:
> What material is the Toms diaphragm made of? That's what you need to know.
>
> Tim Davis BN7
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Bob Spidell <bspidell at comcast.net>
> To: Healeys <healeys at autox.team.net>
> Sent: Fri, 22 Jun 2018 15:19:17 -0400 (EDT)
> Subject: [Healeys] Ethanol effects on rubber
>
> Just when you thought you'd heard the last on this ...
>
> Having bragged about my scientific creds, I decided I needed to do some
> 'scientific' experimenting.? I bought a new HD8 diaphragm jet from Tom's
> and put it in a jar submerged in denatured alcohol.? If you're not
> familiar with denatured alcohol, it's ethanol--i.e. booze--with one or
> more denaturing chemicals to make it unpalatable to drink.? When I first
> did this thought experiment, I thought DA was mostly ethanol, but the
> quart I bought at a hardware store claims to be 45-50% ethanol and the
> remainder methanol (and probably some water as both alcohols are
> hygroscopic).? Though this mixture doesn't represent the 10% or so of
> ethanol in gasahol, IIRC from my college chemistry and lab technician
> days that methanol is even more corrosive than ethanol.? So, this should
> be a good test of the rubber part of the jet's resistance to these
> solvents (and the brass part too, I suppose).? I put new jets in my
> BJ8's HD8s two years/12K miles ago, and should have done this then in
> case the results were scary, but maybe this will tell us something.
> I'll check the jet periodically for degradation and, if anybody's
> interested let you know.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Bob
>
>
>



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