Vacuum advance tube supplier?

[dreamin']

Can anyone suggest where I can buy 1/8 in copper tube to remake the vacuum connection between carb and dissy? I have the fittings but can’t find anyone who stocks tube this size.

thanks

Roger

[gromit]

A company that deals in steam model parts or a company that does refrigerator repairs.
Lots on Ebay but mostly from the US.


Colin

[1950landy]

I bought some from Repco about 5 years ago , could buy it by the meter .

[Lionelgee]

Can anyone suggest where I can buy 1/8 in copper tube to remake the vacuum connection between carb and dissy? I have the fittings but can’t find anyone who stocks tube this size.

thanks

Roger

Hello Roger,

Did you have any luck tracking down a supplier of the copper vacuum advance tubing?

Also, is this 1/8 internal or external diameter?

I am after some for my Series 3 with a 2.6 litre six cylinder petrol motor. Does anyone know if the diameter changed for the six cylinder motor instead of a Series 1 four cylinder?

So far the most frequent suppliers I have found have been for supplying tubing for automotive gauges.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[Don 130]

I've got a coil of 1/8" ID if you want a bit. It's got a thick wall, so ends up about 1/4" OD

Don.

[dreamin']

Hello Roger,

Did you have any luck tracking down a supplier of the copper vacuum advance tubing?

Also, is this 1/8 internal or external diameter?

I am after some for my Series 3 with a 2.6 litre six cylinder petrol motor. Does anyone know if the diameter changed for the six cylinder motor instead of a Series 1 four cylinder?

So far the most frequent suppliers I have found have been for supplying tubing for automotive gauges.

Kind Regards
Lionel

The local miniature steam railway society has pointed me to a supplier in Hobart - an industrial hose and liquid handling supplier. As I understand it, tube is measured in outside diameter, pipe by inside diameter. The stuff I need for the 2 litre setup is tube with 1/8 inch outside diameter to suit the soldered screw fittings.

I also have a 2.6 litre engine but the vacuum advance tube has push-on fittings at both ends. I have seen them set up with a copper tube with a short rubber section at each end. On mine I use rubber vacuum hose for the whole thing.

Roger

[dreamin']

I've got a coil of 1/8" ID if you want a bit. It's got a thick wall, so ends up about 1/4" OD

Don.

Thanks for the offer, Don. The stuff I’m after is 1/8 in OD, to suit screw fittings soldered on at both ends, so don’t think the thicker section would work. Thanks again. Roger

[1950landy]

Thanks for the offer, Don. The stuff I’m after is 1/8 in OD, to suit screw fittings soldered on at both ends, so don’t think the thicker section would work. Thanks again. Roger

You could try Lionel Otto Instruments 124 Evans Rd Salisbury , Brisbane 07 32773888. The guy there is a Land Rover guy. They use small diametre copper tubing for oil lines & vacume lines . If he doesn't have any he may know were you can buy it.
I also see some on ebay under toys games & steam. Also listed as refrigeration tubing. You to make sure it is soft copper tubing so you can bend it with out it kinking

[klonk]

Reece plumbing had some here in Albany, also try Heatcraft and Actrol refrigeration wholesalers.

Cheers Steve

[Lionelgee]

You could try Lionel Otto Instruments 124 Evans Rd Salisbury , Brisbane 07 32773888. The guy there is a Land Rover guy. They use small diametre copper tubing for oil lines & vacume lines . If he doesn't have any he may know were you can buy it.
I also see some on ebay under toys games & steam. Also listed as refrigeration tubing. You to make sure it is soft copper tubing so you can bend it with out it kinking

Hello 1950 Landy,

Wow Lionel Otto Instruments are still around! I had a Smith temperature gauge rebuilt by them for my EH Holden back in the mid 1980s. It was ironic back then too - my first name is Lionel and the road they are on is my surname! It made the name of the company and their location an easy one to remember.

There used to be a VDO-based instrument repairer here in Bundaberg - however, they closed shop years ago.

Kind Regards
Lionel

[1950landy]

Hello 1950 Landy,

Wow Lionel Otto Instruments are still around! I had a Smith temperature gauge rebuilt by them for my EH Holden back in the mid 1980s. It was ironic back then too - my first name is Lionel and the road they are on is my surname! It made the name of the company and their location an easy one to remember.

There used to be a VDO-based instrument repairer here in Bundaberg - however, they closed shop years ago.

Kind Regards
Lionel

I was there the other week & they tell me that they are repairing the S1 instruments for the Land Rover in the UK:thumbsup: