July 6, 2004

More little maintenance stuff. I took off my injector lines to clean them and the injectors/restrictors, and I found that the restrictor on cylinder #3 had its collar broken off. Either AeroSport or I had over-tightened the fitting. Here you can see the injector line end, a "good" restrictor, and the broken restrictor. The broken one's collar was jammed up inside the threaded fitting (left), and I couldn't get it out (at first). I just ordered a new restrictor from Airflow Performance and had them send me a new injector line while they were at it. At the time I didn't think I could get the collar out of the fitting without damaging it, and the new tube was only $12. Cheap by any aircraft part standards, so screw it. New stuff.

A few days later, after the new part arrived, I played with the old tube and fitting, and I did manage to get the collar out without damaging anything. I'm still using the new part...I'll keep this 14" already-bent tube around as a spare.

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