(Almost) first-thing this morning I headed over to see Andrew Graham at http://www.allisport.com/. He did a fine job of welding the AN8 fitting to my oil cooler take-off. He's all of 15 minutes from home so definitely and option for my tanks etc.
It's budget time in work so I spent the rest of the morning and early afternoon modelling labour costs. I was relieved to finish and having met the delivery driver from Tesco at the top of the drive - they don't fancy the incline much - I wandered out to the sheds to do a bit.
With the take-off plate torqued-up, I was able to finish the oil hoses. It's worked out quite well albeit that it's quite tight where the hoses move up-and-forward to the cooler itself. I may need to use some heat resistant material to protect the oil lines, including the pressure sender take-off line.
While I was messing about with bowls of hot water and rubber hoses I thought I'd have a go at the flexible fuel lines at the rear. This was a tougher job than I and anticipated and even having warmed the hoses it was a struggle. For the second hose, where it connects to the hard pipe that runs down the tunnel, I actually smeared a little vaseline on the copper to help the rubber to slip over the ferule that is acting as a bead. The proper stainless clips (these arrived in the week) then fitted over very well.
TC
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