Quoth the raven nevermore, Crow's Foot / My Foot! Options

[forrestkhaag]

Does anyone have experience in tightening the 36mm nut on the stock oil line leaving the bottom of the 914-6 stock oil tank ;and.... if so,..... with what tool? A crow's foot may get there but I don't know if that size exists. Also, there has to be a calculation to convert torque from a straight line tool (a socket perhaps) to an offset crow's foot tool.

Or maybe slice up a 36mm socket and weld a bar to the outer surface to allow some purchase on that infernal nut.

Another PITA (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif) option is to remove the tank yet again and tighten the nut and hope to the almighty that it is in the right relationship to the inner fender when reinstalled...

Also confounding the situation is that I have a chart of torque settings for the 911 SC but no mention of the torque values required of these oil line fittings to the engine, tank, and to each other.

Any Clues Robert?

I have to make an effort now I just to be serious, oh yeah
Nobody's gonna give you the benefit of the doubt, oh my
Every time I pick a paper up it's harder to believe the news, oh yeah
I'm gonna have to shake it up and twist and shout, oh my... looking for clues

[forrestkhaag]

You poor bastards dont know the meaning of poor. I googled the crows foot per earlier advice and found that tool to be more expensive than my Thanksgiving bird last year - a roasted parrot from the neighbor's aviary........ Delicious!.

What I did to compensate was sheer genius.

I band-sawed a pair of blades out of 1/4" stock and welded them to a 1/2" square bar 12" long / spaced precisely at the width to grab on to that illusive oil line nut up in the fender next to the chassis, next to two SS oil lines, between,.... well, you get the picture...... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/sheeplove.gif)

The tool is ugly but it worked to a perfection (like a lot of things here in california.... ) / And thanks to Perry for the dab of oil trick.

I put two dabs of Wd on my boot heels and was able to twist and contort myself into a yoga-like shape needed to apply gentle but firm force on the nut / and yes, I backed off the fitting prior to the application of force.. just a hair to allow it to "seat" with the oil line settling on the correct alignment, once tightened.

All is good now. This tool is available if needed for others in similar financial straits....

I have a fitting made up for pressure testing the Mocal, the An-12's and SS lines to the underside of the on-engine cooler and the pipe. If all goes well on pressure testing, the engine goes in Friday maybe.