Avimo Couplings

[ianashdown]

My March 79V, and I'm sure many other Marches of the same era, uses Avimo Couplings to couple the water pipes on either side of the chassis, just behind the seat-back panel. The molded rubber sleeves are old and hard and I would like to replace them.

Does anyone know of a source of these parts in the US? I believe they are still made by Taunton Aerospace in the South West of the UK, but I'm hopeing there is a US distributor or maybe a motorsports distributor although I don't think they have been used for years. They appear to be an early version of a Wiggins clamp, and I've seem pictures of the used on WW2 Warbirds!

Ian

[ianashdown]

My March 79V, and I'm sure many other Marches of the same era, uses Avimo Couplings to couple the water pipes on either side of the chassis, just behind the seat-back panel. The molded rubber sleeves are old and hard and I would like to replace them.

Does anyone know of a source of these parts in the US? I believe they are still made by Taunton Aerospace in the South West of the UK, but I'm hoping there is a US distributor or maybe a motorsports distributor although I don't think they have been used for years. They appear to be an early version of a Wiggins clamp, and I've seen pictures of them used on WW2 Warbirds!

Ian

[teamwisconsin]

I've gotten them in the past from Tony @ Robin Automotive at Sears Point. You can try him at 707-935-9353.

Good luck!