[Spridgets] Flame trap (was silicone fluid and MC)

Woerpel dwoerpel at wi.net
Tue Apr 19 08:30:09 MDT 2011


Moss has them in the MGA catalog.  It's the same item.

Dave W.
"Be seeing you"...at the MG Midget 50th Anniversary
July 18-24, Elkhart Lake Wisconsin
http://www.sprite-midgetclub.org


On 4/19/2011 9:01 AM, Robert Duquette wrote:
> I think it's, like, an email that you send to the list to intentionally
> attract venomous replies ... ;)
> Apparently there is a picture of one here:( good luck seeing it.
> )http://www.morrisminorspares.net/shop_item.php?ID=4557
>
> Here's a better
> picture:http://morrisminorowners.co.uk/viewcardtopic.php?t=2538&view=next
> One that site, it says "so your distributor doesn't explode".  Sounds like it
> takes a lot of the adventure out of driving one.
>
> Robert Duquette
>
> Ottawa ON Canada
>
>
>> From: oldsaabguy at comcast.net
>> Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2011 00:21:19 -0500
>> To: spridgets at autox.team.net
>> Subject: Re: [Spridgets] Flame trap (was silicone fluid and MC)
>>
>> Ok.. I give up WTF is a flame trap?!
>>
>> Lester
>>
>>
>>
>> On Apr 18, 2011, at 11:07 PM, Dave KK7SS wrote:
>>
>>> The flame trap was used on 948cc motors in Morris Minors.
>>> Sometimes secured at the back, sometimes at the front.
>>> It was dropped later on...
>>> --
>>> Dave G  KK7SS
>>> DN06ig   Richland, WA
>>>
>>> '59 Morris Minor 1000
>>> '65 Sprite - in process
>>> '76 Midget - shared with my #4 son.
>>> '06 Honda Civic Hybrid
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "hardy john"<hardy.john at cox.net>
>>>> the vacuum
>>>> advance line for the dist has a flame trap which is bolted to the back
>>>> exchaust stud.  Loks like it is factory but I have never seen one that
>> way.
>>>> Several other different things also but that's a whole nother topic.


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