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Old 03-24-2016, 08:16 AM   #224
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Default Re: 59 AB engine rebuild

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Originally Posted by Mart View Post
The fitting is a combined banjo bolt and vac takeoff for the wipers. the banjo bolt holds the vac advance pipe to the manifold and the wipers can be plugged onto the vac tube on the head of the fitting. There does appear to be some sort of diaphragm or valve but I have not dismantled one to look inside. The threas is a unf thread, I don't have one here to check the size but it could very well be 7/16 UNF.

Mart.
So they used an actual banjo fitting for the distributor . . . and a regular rubber hose (needs to be flexible) to the wipers. Very interesting to say the least! If you happen to know, what years did they use them and on what cars/engines?
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