Need to get a few interested parties to start building one for the (insert
color here) Bentley.

Like these:

http://www.geocities.com/motorcity/lane/1970/bentley1.html

http://www.type2.com/library/reading/BentleyIndex.html

G2

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:39:05 +0000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Thanks for the info.
> 
> I have been told in the past that the Blue Bentley manual has this but can't 
> find it - do you know what page it is listed on.  
> 
> BTW, I really like this manual but it would help a lot if they had a usable 
> index.
> 
> Bill
> 
> -------------- Original message -------------- 
> From: marc vellat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 
> 
> > The procedure for the precise tailpipe insertion depth 
> > (as explained in the Bentley manual) is to measure 
> > through the tailpipe to the end of the preheat pipe - 
> > it should be 6mm [i]less[/i] than the overall length 
> > of the t'pipe, which tells you that they want the 
> > preheat pipe to protrude somewhat into the t'pipe. 
> > 
> > While we're on the subject, note that there were three 
> > distinct different lengths of OEM tailpipe. 
> > The ones used with early bumpers were 276mm long. 
> > " " " " `68-`72 " " 249mm " 
> > " " " " `73 " " 226mm " 
> > (it's a little-known fact that `73 rear bumper 
> > brackets were ~3/4" longer than `68-`72, but strangely 
> > they had [i]shorter[/i] tailpipes) 
> > 
> > These three were all 20mm I.D. - good luck finding 
> > anyone who carries the 1974-only t'pipe, which is also 
> > 226mm but has a 23mm I.D. 
> > Most parts-sellers only handle two lengths, and they 
> > may or may not be the exact same length as the OEM 
> > parts - so measure the actual length of what you have 
> > when determining the correct insertion depth. 
> > 
> > --- Bill Richardson wrote: 
> > 
> > > How far on 1600 motors should the tail pipes be from 
> > > bottomed out? 
> > > 
> > > Bill 

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