Today I spent a good chunk of the day repairing Guy Williams’ dinged up Long-EZ at the airport.  Upon returning home I wanted to get at least one task knocked out, and with the new 45° street elbow and 90° AN hose fitting looking promising, I rounded up my oil heat system feed oil hose and tested out the length.

I knew it would be too long with the new fitting situ as it is, so I pulled back the fire sleeve and marked the cut line.  In retrospect I should have cut it about 1/4″ shorter, but this dog will hunt.

I then installed the new 90° AN hose fitting, trimmed and safety wired the black fire sleeve in place, and finally added heat shrink over the exposed end to tighten it all up… Voila!  The oil heat feed hose from oil sump is remade and the configuration is looking pretty darn acceptable (clearance always could be better).

And better still I didn’t have to move the fitting on the firewall!

I then spent well over an hour doing some much needed maintenance on my shop’s air compressor, including an oil change.  I still need to check one of the main out lines to ensure there’s no leak… I’ll need this compressor soon for finishing the paint on the bird.

Back to inching forward on the build!