Re: [Tigers] Balance pipe nipple thread

[Owain Lloyd <owain.lloyd@gmail.com>]

It's british pipe thread (bsp).  You can buy the correct union from
bes.co.uk.

Search the archive for the part number.

On May 22, 2012, at 3:12 PM, "tim " <crabco@shaw.ca> wrote:

> Listers,
>
>
>
> The parts book calls for a 1/2" UNF tube with a compression sleeve where
the
> fuel line meets the balance pipe. I went through this with my Alpine and as
> I recall, the 1/2" UNF tube nut worked fine.
>
>
>
> The balance pipe I have for the Tiger seems to have a different thread. My
> local supplier was stumped and said it almost looks like a Whitworth
thread.
>
>
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> Does anybody have insight into this? I bought the pipe on EBay as the
> original was trashed so it possibly came from a different model? I guess I
> could cut the nipple off and weld on a new one or find a different pipe
> altogether but I am still puzzled by this.
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
> Tim
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