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That should read 2" aluminum tube. Sorry for the fopa...
Jeff
Jeff B wrote:
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> Richard,
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> I replaced the plenum's completely using 1.75" OD thin wall aluminum
> tube from ACS. I cut the old ones off, inserted the tubing and glassed
> them in with 2 layers of bid. Tighten them as much as you want, now.
> They "ain't goin' nowhere"!
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> Jeff - Baby Blue
> 430+ hrs
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> Richard Iddon wrote:
>> Thanks to all for the ideas re door gas struts. Should be sorted now.
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>> Next problem. The sockets on the plenum chamber for my 912S, where
>> they go into the rubber hoses to connect to the carbs, have collapsed
>> somewhat. I guess it is the combination of the heat from the engine
>> softening the glass and it being under compression from the hose clips.
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>> I was considering cutting them off and reduxing in a couple of short
>> pieces of 2in. aluminium tube as replacements.
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>> Any one else had this problem and how solved?
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>> Richard Iddon G-RIXS
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