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Well, I have been amazed at the Varity of fittings carried by some of the
larger hydraulic fittings firms, seems they have adapters for just about
anything. Most of them are steel rather than aluminum but since you are
screwing them into a steel block that should pose no problem. In fact,
the
one returning my oil to the block is steel. The Aluminum AN fitting on
the
hose have no problem providing an oil tight seal with the steel fitting -
which had been one of my original concerns about using one (different rate
of expansion of the two metals) - but apparently it works to my benefit.
But, if you can not find an adapter then reuse of a banjo fitting is your
only option - other than perhaps having one specially machined for you. I
originally had that done before I found out how easy it was to get an
adapter.
Ed
Ed Anderson
RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
Matthews, NC
----- Original Message ----- From: "Bulent Aliev" <atlasyts@bellsouth.net>
To: "Rotary motors in aircraft" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 15, 2004 5:47 PM
Subject: [FlyRotary] Re: Oil hose size
> Ed, the oil return on my engine is a banjo fitting under the old oil
filter
> mount and I don't see how I can adapt it. I can use one mm/AN for the
oil
> exit. The oil cooler also comes with built in banjo fittings and the
remote
> oil filter has 1/2" NPT ports. I see lots of trips to the hydraulic
supply
> store in my future :)
> Bulent
>
> On 7/15/04 5:32 PM, "Ed Anderson" <eanderson@carolina.rr.com> wrote:
>
> > Bulent, I used AN-10 hose and fittings. I have mm/An adapters screwed
into
> > the block for oil exit and entrance and then built my own hose using
the
> > external stainless steel line. I use it for gasoline, oil and coolant
but
> > will admit that it just bit overkill for the coolant and would go with
> > something different if doing it again such as top quality radiator
hose.
> >
> > Never a leak (so far)
> >
> > Ed
> > Ed Anderson
> > RV-6A N494BW Rotary Powered
> > Matthews, NC
>
>
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