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Re: [Healeys] oil pressure relief valve

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Subject: Re: [Healeys] oil pressure relief valve
From: "Heal;ey" <bj7ah@acanac.net>
Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2010 19:25:49 -0400
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Hi Guys
          I have added a few pictures on HEALEY TECH at this web address

                http://picasaweb.google.com/bj7healey
                                Bob 1963 BJ7
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From: "Dave Porter" <frogeye@porterscustom.com>
Sent: Friday, October 01, 2010 6:56 PM
To: "'Ray Carbone'" <racarbon@verizon.net>; <healeys@autox.team.net>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] oil pressure relief valve

> It is and was duly pointed out by David Nock earlier.
> Dave..the other
>
>
> frogeye@porterscustom.com
>
> Porter Customs   2909 Arno NE
> Albuquerque, NM USA 87107
> 505-352-1378
> 1954 BN2  1959 AN5
> Porter Custom Bicycles
>
> cars:
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> gallery:
> http://picasaweb.google.com/porterscustombicycles/PorterCustomBicyclesStuff
>
> blog: http://porterbikes.com/
>
> -----Original Message-----
>
>
>
>
>
> To contribute to the confusion, I decided to replace my original oil feed
> flex
> tube with a new one I had purchased a while ago from Victoria British.  As
> with most replacements, this unit was far less substantial and I was 
> tempted
> to reinstall the 47-year old original.  When extracting the original, I
> inadvertently de-installed the adapter fitting attached to the engine and
> noted the very small orifice through which the oil would flow.  Based upon
> this very small passage, I am lead to think that this orifice is the
> mechanism
> that the engineers intended to buffer out the pulsations to secure a 
> steady
> gauge reading.  Should this be the case, air must be bled from the tube
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