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Well, guess I was wrong about the update. Was looking for 5/16" fuel injection hose. Not having much luck. Went to Smiley's Racing Products store here in The Woodlands. The didn't have the hose, but lookee what they did have. Looks like replacement -4 banjo fittings. I think these may work to replace the hose barbs on the fuel pressure regulator. I also bought two 24" SS reinforced fuel injection lines to go with them. Stand by to see how they fit when I get home next weekend.

Now, where do I get those replacement copper washers??]]> rlborger photo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4737Ann.jpg.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4737Ann.jpg.html
Finished the assembly of the heater inlet flaps to their respective hinges. Used countersunk flush pop-rivets with the countersunk head against the surface that will contact the cooling duct. I had purchased a nice 2 1/8" hole saw to cut the holes in the duct. Unfortunately, the arbor I purchased to go with the saw (size directed by the packaging) proved to be too small. Was unable to continue.

There will be no update next weekend, 30 Sep & 1 Oct as other obligations interfere with Europa work. Next update will be 7/8 Oct.]]> rlborger photo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4735Ann.jpg.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4735Ann.jpg.html
Had the fantastic idea to replace the hose barb banjos on the fuel regulator with real honest-to-goodness airplane AN fittings. Here the AN776-6D demonstrates that it isn't going to work. Well pooh... Back to some sort of rubber hose and clamps.]]> rlborger photo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4733Ann.jpg.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4733Ann.jpg.html
Oil and coolant lines with heat shield applied.]]> rlborger photo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4731Ann.jpg.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4731Ann.jpg.html
Covered oil line with heat shield.]]> rlborger photo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4734ann.jpg.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4734ann.jpg.html
Heat shield tubing arrived. Will apply lengths to oil and coolant line to protect the hose and contents from heat radiated by exhaust manifold and turbo.]]> rlborger photo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4730Ann.jpg.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4730Ann.jpg.html
Spent the rest of the weekend working on the flaps for my cabin heat system. These will be installed in the exit flow from the radiator. There, they will either close off the outlet to the cabin or open and redirect heated air to the cabin. Next, need a 2" hole saw to cut some holes in the cooling duct.]]> rlborger photo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4727Ann.jpg.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4727Ann.jpg.html
Finally received my custom fuel lines. Ordered them back in early July. Won't go through the whole comedy of errors. Let's just say that ACS is excellent 99.99% of the time. But when they screw up, boy is it a doozy. They were supposed to have a 90 degree fitting on one end. When they arrived with straight fittings, I figured I'd try to make them work rather than go through the hassle of having them replaced. Luckily, had some AN821-6D 90 degree fittings for the fuel flow sensors. It was a struggle to get the hoses on. Each line could have 1" longer. But was able to get them both installed. Almost ready to hang the engine!]]> rlborger photo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4725Ann.jpg.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4725Ann.jpg.html
New RG-400 on the com 2 antenna.]]> rlborger photo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000 http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4723Ann.jpg.html http://www.europaowners.org/gallery2/v/N914XL/album181/DSCN4723Ann.jpg.html
Busy weekend for things other than the Europa. On the recommendation of Rich Schultz, I replaced the old RG-54 coax on the com 1 and com 2 antennas with RG-400. This is the new coax back to the com 1 antenna.]]> rlborger photo Tue, 17 Nov 2009 23:40:17 +0000