dazedandconfused wrote:I admire your craftsman ship and eye for detail.
Thanks. There is some satisfaction with handcrafting stuff. I like to think that with all the thought/work put into the stuff before putting the heap on the road, will result in a relatively low maintainence / highly reliable engine . . . . all things considered.
Finding those components to make the two oil-filter hoses has been a pain in the ass.
- Both, the oil-cooler cover-plate, and the remote filter-head have in/out ports that are close together.
..... So close, one can't spin in the second of two standard 90*ELL -12AN fittings. You can spin in the first, but there's no room to spin in the second fitting.
..... The way the oil-cooler's cover-plate ports set, and the way I have to run the hoses, puts the two hoses in the same space just under the aluminum turbo brace.
- The oil-cooler cover-plate has 7/8 -14 O-ring threads. The remote filter head has 3/4" NPT.
- As such, the cover-plate is -10AN. The filter-head is -12AN.
Crap. . . .
- I don't care for the way I think the O-ring fittings of the cover-plate are gonna work. I'm gonna re-thread (enlarge) those ports to 3/4" NPT. That greatly expands my options for those fittings and makes all the plumbing -12AN.
- I eventually found what amounts to a Street-ELL fitting. The 3/4" NPT leg is a little over 3" long. That will allow it to present the -12AN fitting proud of the other, standard 90* ELL next to it.
https://www.indsup.com/CCCTX-5703-Extra ... 1&CartID=0- Using 30* angled hose-ends at the cover-plate will point the hoses back toward the block, and over the engine mount. Much closer to the block than shown in the above image. This will keep the hoses further away from the turbo hot-stuff.
- The hoses will curve down the the filter-head and connect straight into it. (It's mounted at a 45* angle to receive the hoses and better clear the bottom primary turbo).
- Fittings and SS braided hose selected so as to maintain at least a 200psig working pressure (fine-print).
You'll see.
Bush-hogged five or so acres today.