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| Subject: | Re: Fuel Line Routing |
--> RV8-List message posted by: "Doug Ripley" <dougr@hurricanefilter.com>
Thanks....got many replies back....Mattituck said it was fine to run it
between the cylinders. My hose worked out to be long enough that running it
that way did not require a 90 degree fitting on the spider.
Thanks for your help....looks like we'll be flying around the same time!
----- Original Message -----
From: "jonweisw" <jonweisw@rcn.com>
Subject: Re: RV8-List: Fuel Line Routing
> --> RV8-List message posted by: jonweisw <jonweisw@rcn.com>
>
> Doug-
> I also have an M1B for my -8 and have fretted with that line as well.
> For me, the line, as it comes from the factory, runs up the right side
> of the engine (looking from the cabin forward). Mine came with the hose
> in place with the support and intercylinder baffling already installed
> around the line. The problem I had was that the fitting that the factory
> provides is straight and the space between the top of the injector servo
> and the bottom of the crank case was too small to allow for a safe curve
> of the hosing. I had to be a little creative with a 90 deg AN fitting to
> get what I hope is a safe setup.
>
> I'm not sure why you want to route the line up the other side. There is
> so much crucial hardware there that I would worry about intereference.
> Im also not sure why this wasnt done for you already...I have a friend
> who is a couple months behind me on his -7A and got his M1B shortly
> after I got mine and his had this hose routing done already also (of
> course, the fitting on his was already a 90deg fitting...). I have been
> generally happy with Lycoming so far (I am aware of the general
> criticism of them on this list and elsewhere), but there does seem to be
> some variation in how the same engines are shipped. You might call them
> and have them send you the hardware to make this installation correct,
> so that you dont have to spend the $$. I am happy to snap some pictures
> of this for you if it would help.
>
> I, too, am about 3-4weeks away from the big day. Just got back from
> Portland for a few days with Mike Seager....well worth it.
>
> Jon Weiswasser
> N898JW
> 4 weeks?
>
> Doug Ripley wrote:
>
> >--> RV8-List message posted by: "Doug Ripley" <dougr@hurricanefilter.com>
> >
> >Hello all,
> >
> >I have a IO-360 M1B on my -8. There is a fuel line that runs from the
injector servo to the spider on top of the engine. This line was originally
routed on the left side of the engine, back through and above the intake air
tubes, and up the rear to the spider. The hardware that Van's supplies for
the throttle includes a reverser that attaches to the case, and it
interferes with this fuel line. I want to run it on the right side, but
it's too short to take all the way to the back of the engine, but it's
perfect if I can run it up between two of the cylinders.
> >
> >Will I have a problem with vapor lock if it is between the cylinders? If
this won't work, I'll have to get a longer hose.
> >
> >Thanks in advance.
> >Doug Ripley
> >N821DT
> >flying in 3 weeks!(?)
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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