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While hydraulic systems are pretty easy to understand in principle, the different types of fittings are a field of land mines. I lucked out the other day at the hydraulic hose shop. In the pic is my emergency bypass to make it possible to use an emergency tiller if the hydraulic system goes down.
When I went to get a couple of new short hoses they had a new man who basically did not know what he was doing, so of course I was right there making sure things were done right (as if I knew).
CRITICAL IDEA!!!! The counterman had offered me a choice of "crimp on" at $4 bucks a piece, or "screw on" at $11 bucks a piece. The system I had was all screw on's, so I stuck with them. To make a long story short, as I helped the technician (and myself) master putting the fitting on the hose, two things came to light 1) with a couple of tips, putting the screw on fittings on is TRIVIAL, and 2) they are reuseable! I DON'T NEED TO GOTO THE HOSE SHOP - I CAN PUT THEM ON MYSELF (side grinder with cut off disc, couple of wrenches, vise helps) ANYWHERE. In the foreground of this pic, from left to right, is the braided steel hose, the body of the fitting WITH LEFT HAND THREAD that screws on the hose, and the threaded and flared fitting that screws into the body (right hand thread). Do not thread the body onto the hose to tightly or the flared fitting threads won't get started - once you play with it you can figure it out, use oil on flared fitting threads.
So I had immediate use for my new information. The hose is so stiff that over a short length two equal length hoses would not flex enough for two connections that were separated by one inch (see system photo) so I had to remake one of them shorter.NO PROBLEM WITH SCREW ON FITTINGS!! The irony of going to the shop for YEARS. I just assumed all their fancy equipment was needed -- never even looked. Sometimes I am really slow. USE AIR TO BLOW OUT HOSE AFTER CUTTING AND AFTER APPLYING FITTING.

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THE ROSTER

Muf, our Keeper of the Roster, has updated it.  But he still needs information on boats out there that he doesn't have, like new owners, old owners, where any of the boats are.  We don't post the roster on the web site, it is only sent to owners.  Please send him anything you might have, or call him at:      

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newporter.ning.com

The Ning site has been given a reprieve.   I have  transferred my Ning site to the blogspot site and will leave it there. I am keeping my Ning site open as a home for my photos and drawings.

Many of my photos there do not relate to Newporters, but a search through my collection may prove useful for your studies.

My drawings are not accurate in many respects as a result of the PAINT program used to draw them, There is no accurate scale and at best they are only useful to indicate some specific detail.  Some are inaccurate because of my poor memory.  Use them to help you think, not as a detailed presentation of the subject matter.

If any of you want to start a web site I suggest you remember what has happened to both my Ning site and this site (which is a Ning site) and remember that my Blogspot site is free and Blogspot's owner (Google) has promised to keep it that way.

 

Clyde's email:

camgphil@msn.com 

Put 'Newporter' on Subject Line.  Email is the best way to contact me.  I do not regularly look at this site or its messaging system.  Email will get to me post-haste. 

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