---------------------------------------------------------- TeamGrumman-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 04/24/11: 1 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 05:24 PM - Oil cooler and oil filter on an AA1B (Gary Vogt) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 05:24:39 PM PST US From: Gary Vogt Subject: TeamGrumman-List: Oil cooler and oil filter on an AA1B This one goes down as some of the all time stupid bits of engineering I've ever seen. The ADC oil cooler adapter for an O235-C2C was purposely machined very low in an area that the oil filter SCREEN housing mounts. There is no reason for this to be machined so low. None. The screen housing provides over 1/2 inch of mounting surface area around the screen. The ADC oil cooler adapter was machined to reduce this area to 1/4 inch for no apparent reason. The B&C oil filter adapter does not use a cylindrical cavity inside the housing. It's some sort of modified rectangle that, to some degree, helps in the machining of the recess inside for the oil temp probe. BUT. It could have been done differently too. The B&C oil filter adapter also requires the installer use one of their proprietary gaskets. Why? Because the mounting surface requires the odd shape. Both of these parts could have been made to mimic the shape of the original filter screen housing. In the pics, the blue part is the oil cooler adapter. The oil filter adapter was added on. It'll fit in the tight confines of an AA1. If you can see it, there is a gap at the top of the part. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message teamgrumman-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/TeamGrumman-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/teamgrumman-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/teamgrumman-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.