Bob,
If the AN-4 banjos will not work for you, I just thought of another
possibility. Perhaps you can replace the banjos with straight M10 to AN-6
adapters
and attach the fuel lines with 90 degrees AN-6 swivel fittings.
Just a thought,
Tam
In a message dated 10/6/2006 8:39:33 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
rlborger@mac.com writes:
Tam:
You commented:
We evaluated using AN banjos and here are our findings:
The Rotax banjo fittings are for use with M10x1x19 banjo bolts per Rotax
parts manual. You can buy the 10mm banjos with AN-4 flared attachments
---From
Summit Racing under the Aeroquip or Earl brand. The washers are 10mm
"crush
washers". You can get them from Lockwood or you can get aluminum ones
---From
Summit. After all the research, we decided against this mod for the
following
reason. The AN-4 ID is 4.35mm while the OEM banjo ID is 5.85mm. The mod
would
reduce the ID by over 25%. The effects to the overall performance is
unknown but we do not want to find out the hard way. Perhaps you can ask
Lockwood when you attend the maintenance course and report back.
I was going to make exactly that measurement tomorrow when I get back to the
Europa.
That seems significant. As I said, I wasn't going to replace the fittings
until after my Rotax 9xx class in December and I had an OK from Lockwood in
any case. I will report back after I have spoken with the Lockwood folks.
I still need to get up to meet you folks one of these weekends.
Thanks for the comments and information,
Bob Borger
Europa Kit #A221 N914XL, XS Mono, Intercooled 914, Airmaster C/S
_http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL_ (http://www.europaowners.org/N914XL)
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