Neil,
The reservoir you mention is a spark arrester and I don't believe these
were present on early Midgets. I know Bugeyes did not have them, and the
original GAN1 I had didn't either. The opriginal would have been a plain
line, flared for a nut at the distributor end, and a short hose connection
at the carb. I have seen spark arresters on Morris Minors and some others
though.
I think you are right about the routing, but it seems I've seen it routed
around the front of the valve cover also. Probably depends on where your
vacuum attachment is on the carbs.
Gerard
At 1:53 PM +0000 10/28/02, Neil Cotty wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Sorry, this is a very boring obscure question for the Concours people out
>there. I have a GAN1 948cc Midget currently fitted with a 25D Distributor
>and HS2 Carbs. I'm wondering what the correct installation is for the Vacumn
>Advance line. I believe the Distributor should in fact be a DM2. Correct?
>
>Now for the Carbs, specifically the take off for the ported vacumn advance.
>Is this a nipple (as on my HS2's) for a rubber tube connection, or a
>threaded connection with a nut on the copper advance line itself? I believe
>the DM2 has a threaded connection at the vacumn advance can yes? So is it
>the same at the carb end? Was there a particular model of HS2 that had this
>connection? Right now with the 25D the connections are made by rubber tubing
>as per the later cars.
>
>I have an original advance line taken off an Austin Sedan, it has threaded
>connections on both ends and a sort of resevoir in the middle, if I remember
>from my MGA this is secured at the back of the block, the line runs behind
>the cylinder head close to the firewall and fixes to the rear carb - not the
>front as in my setup. Can someone please clarify?
>
>Is it possible to source AC Delco Y Type mechanical fuel pumps from
>somewhere?
>
>I wish I could buy a copy of Original Sprite and Midget, it's out of print
>and impossible to source. Anyone wish to sell a copy?
>
>Cheers,
>Neil
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