REFLECTOR: AN fittings and the RG pump

[Andrew Ellzey]

Peter,
 
I didn't have to rotate my pump, it came from Velocity in the configuration as shown in my photo. 
 
Andy

From: Peter Braswell <peter.braswell at gmail.com>
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list <reflector at tvbf.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 12:34 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: AN fittings and the RG pump


Hi Andy, 
Our pumps look VERY similar but I can't get mine to turn 90 degrees like you have yours mounted, the screw holes won't line up for that orientation.  If it would, I'd be out of the woods!

Peter
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On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 12:37 PM, Andrew Ellzey <ajlz72756 at yahoo.com> wrote:

Peter,
> 
>Your pump appears to be different to mine, see photo.
> 
>Andy 
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>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: Peter Braswell 
>>To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list 
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2011 10:16 AM
>>Subject: REFLECTOR: AN fittings and the RG pump
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>>
>>Hi all, 
>>Working on my RG pump over the weekend, I discovered a weird problem that I was wondering if other folks had.  The pump has a swivel fitting attached to it followed by a T fitting with a nipple and female NPT threads on the run and another nipple on the leg.  The T fitting gets set up so that the runs are oriented vertically so that the pressure switch goes on top and the aluminum tubing comes in from the bottom.  
>>
>>
>>The problem is with the hydraulic fluid reservoir.  It projects out too far and prevents the vertical orientation of the fitting.  See picture.
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>>
>>It was suggested to rotate the reservoir which only moves the problem to the back side preventing mounting to the canard bulkhead.  The hole patterns prevent 90 degree rotation.
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>>
>>I think I could kludge something up with some AN hardware (a few couplers) - but it feels a bit like a hack.   Just wondering if anybody else has encountered this and if so, what's the solution?
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>>Best,
>>Peter
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