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creeture3
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 Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 8:08 pm Post subject: balance pipe |
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G'day therillseekers : I, too, have a Tickford system  Between the converter and the airbox runs a balance pipe, which is plastic, about 25mm I.D., and mine has a hole in it. ( I have it sticky-taped up at the moment :lol)
I have priced a new pipe from Fraud, and they want some astronomical money for a new one. Somewhere around $50!!! 
Question: has anybody had to replace one of these, and what did you use. I have searched high and low, and cannot find a suitable replacement. The pipe has to be flexible enough to cope with some very tight radius bends. |
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Disco Frank
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:13 pm Post subject: |
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use some heater hose or fuel line hose
all it is there for is iirc to allow atmo pressure to the conveter |
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twr7cx
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| Posted: Sun Feb 04, 2007 11:57 pm Post subject: |
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| theres no pressure in it, any hose the right size will do. |
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creeture3
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 8:32 am Post subject: |
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| I understand that there is no pressure in it, and I can use heater hose etc, but the problem is firstly, finding the right ID/OD., and second, finding a hose that will cope with a sharp radius bend without kinking, as a heater hose will. the final bend at the airbox is very sharp, and any hose i try to use there simply kinks and blocks the air flow. |
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Disco Frank
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| Posted: Mon Feb 05, 2007 7:27 pm Post subject: |
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simple
get a piece of the old hose and go the the auto shop and tell them
for the bend 2 options
1, make the hose longer and use a differnt route through the engine bay
2, get some 90deg plastic poly bends from bunnings ( ones used on retic pipe ) and hose clamp each side |
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GTBob
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: |
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| Disco Frank wrote: | simple
get a piece of the old hose and go the the auto shop and tell them
for the bend 2 options
1, make the hose longer and use a differnt route through the engine bay
2, get some 90deg plastic poly bends from bunnings ( ones used on retic pipe ) and hose clamp each side |
Nothing like bush mechanics to get the problem sorted and probably a lot cheaper than FRAUD   |
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rushed
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| Posted: Tue Feb 06, 2007 9:15 pm Post subject: |
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whats this balence pipe for?
i dont have one, just a hole in the convertor for it. |
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