m151tx Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Hi Guys. We are having a hell of a time matching the thread on the inlet of the Solex carb fitted on Ferrets etc as the Brit stuff is kinda hard to track down locally here in the States. Does anyone know what the thread/size of the Inlet port is where the Banjo is normally connected. Thanks Mark Witham Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Aren't they all metric considering Solex is French? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solex Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Mark, do you not have one that you can measure? If you don't, I can certainly take mine off and measure it up for you. Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted August 25, 2007 Share Posted August 25, 2007 Solex No: SX4122 NSN: LV6/MT12/4730-99-807-3560. Bolt, Banjo Union, Metric, 12mm x 1.25mm pitch x 10mm long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m151tx Posted August 25, 2007 Author Share Posted August 25, 2007 Hi Guys. Thanks for the help, you came thru as usual. Mark Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 Clive, you have, what my wife describes (of me) as "a head full of useless rubbish" :evil: , I call it useful information. :whistle: Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Clive, just out of interest, where did you get that info from. I have looked through my Rolls Royce manual, and trawled the internet, and cannot find anything like that detail? Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Clive, just out of interest, where did you get that info from. I have looked through my Rolls Royce manual, and trawled the internet, and cannot find anything like that detail? Mick, Not sure but I think Clive will be offline for the week as he is at the Dorset steam fair....but I can answer the question. The banjo bolt is a standard Solex item and used on many other types of their carb. The description comes from the miltary parts list. As Solex was originally a French company, their tooling and drawing must have originated over there, even 1940's British made Solex carbs were metric threads. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MiketheBike Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 Richard, Do you know the parts list manual number, and where I could get one? I see what you mean. Mine has "British Made" on it, and some of the bolts are metric, whereas the ones holding it to the engine are imperial!!! As an aside, would you know where I could get new jets, in particular the idling jets? I just replaced the carb using the carb from my new engine, and it seems to have made a big difference. The idling jets appear at some point to have been screwd in too hard, or have just worn (they are not a smooth point, they have a notched appearance). Thanks, Mick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fv1609 Posted September 3, 2007 Share Posted September 3, 2007 Clive, just out of interest, where did you get that info from. I have looked through my Rolls Royce manual, and trawled the internet, and cannot find anything like that detail? Mick From the Illustrated Parts Catalogues. The trouble is that the Humber 1-Ton IPCs started in 1952 (although the early ones were not actually illustrated!) quote the part number as a VAOS (Vocabulary of Army Ordnance Stores). This was usually the manufacturer's number prefixed by a VAOS group number. The agreement for converting to NSNs (NATO Stock Numbers) was ratified in 1956 but only formally applied from 1965 when NSNs were listed in COSAs (Catalogue of Army Ordnance Stores). Some IPCs started to list with NSNs before that date, like the Hornet IPC which is where I got the NSN. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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