Re: [ST] Fuel Connector recall- more info

["Mark Beegle" <mbeegle@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The way that I understand that it reads is, that Triumph will replace the
male half of the fitting only with the heavier part. They are not going to
replace the female half, that contains the dry break mechanism itself. At
least that is how I interpret what it says.

Mark Beegle

- ----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick & Joyce" <rnjwes@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ST@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2004 4:01 PM
Subject: Re: [ST] Fuel Connector recall- more info


> > From what I have read about the fuel line Q-D recall,
> > Triumph is going to replace the Male Fittings only with
> > "new" heavy duty plastic Q-D fittings made by Colder
> > Products.
>
> Not exactly.  In part, the recall reads as follows:
>
> "The proposed recall condition part will be a modified male connector
> including a radii of 0.5mm in the quick release groove, will not include
> a dry-break mechanism and will be supplied in aluminium."
>
> It troubles me that the recently-introduced production parts are a
modified,
> heavier duty delrin material *with* a dry-break mechanism and the recalled
> parts are alumin[i]um *without* the dry-break mechanism [emphais mine].
> Unless I'm mistaken, without the dry-break mechanism, every time they are
> disconnected, the fuel rail will be depressurized, resulting in fuel
> spillage :o|.  That being the case, I'll either keep my OE parts or spring
> for the bronze ones as Howard has done.
> Rick in Oregon
> '01 Sprint ST
>
>
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