X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Received: from outbound-mail-350.bluehost.com ([66.147.249.11] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.2.16) with SMTP id 3817794 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:15:52 -0400 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=66.147.249.11; envelope-from=jslade@canardaviation.com Received: (qmail 14304 invoked by uid 0); 19 Aug 2009 03:15:17 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO host296.hostmonster.com) (66.147.240.96) by outboundproxy7.bluehost.com.bluehost.com with SMTP; 19 Aug 2009 03:15:17 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=default; d=canardaviation.com; h=Received:Message-ID:Date:From:User-Agent:MIME-Version:To:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:X-Identified-User; b=TuNPNnsgxLo2qzPkgruzey9W8rANSb0gLTIhdoBLCqdEHH607lOBR24DuZP0ycIFqnxjoBdg3jv/zFzKMbQv5qmFJ4obRIqcQqMNLVDz1/ZimV7RFVvcMoJQyYEYNcnp; Received: from c-76-108-115-200.hsd1.fl.comcast.net ([76.108.115.200] helo=[192.168.1.3]) by host296.hostmonster.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Mdbdt-0005ev-8r for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:15:17 -0600 Message-ID: <4A8B6E38.8070308@canardaviation.com> Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 23:15:04 -0400 From: John Slade User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.14 (Windows/20071210) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: MAzda oil cooler fitting sizes References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Identified-User: {3339:host296.hostmonster.com:instanu1:canardaviation.com} {sentby:smtp auth 76.108.115.200 authed with jslade+canardaviation.com} Ed Anderson wrote:

Bill, you might try some of the hydraulic fitting websites.

This is for those just starting on engine stuff....
Much as I prefer to order stuff on-line, I found that (multiple) visits to my local hydraulics shop were a great help. I'd go in with a bunch of stuff and say something along the lines of "Fred, I need to make this fit into the hole made for that, using nothing but this....". Fred & I got to know each other real well over a 12 month period, and the prices were reasonable (in comparison to on line stores, anyway - there were times when I just gave him the credit card and didn't want to look at the receipt). These days I can picture the stuff I need and order on-line, but as a newbie that one-on-one and the opportunity to touch & feel all the alternatives, was very useful for getting my head around all the issues and options with hoses, pipes and fittings.
Another tip while I'm at it - a trip to the local u-pick breakers yard can be very helpful. I found a few stripped Mazdas and picked up all the various nuts, bolts & washers people had dropped while removing what they needed. Total cost was $5 for about 5lb of stuff. I still find bolts I need in those old plastic bins.

John Slade
Turbo Rotary Cozy IV, N96PM