ORIGINAL: mmiller1
David: you probably spotted my oversight in positioning the trough for my air hose. Right, it is right in line with the wheel well. WELL, I guess I will have to 'snake'it around the well. Which basically means once I install it, it probably is not going to come out. Not a good idea, huh? Ideally, one would like a straight shot, cut how do you do that with the wheel well in the same line? Eeee gads! Can't this be simple?
Tim,
no worries with this. That channel you cut for the line will actually diseapper when you cut the trough for the strut. Given it is a 5-32 (or 3-16) wire strut, you don't need a super large well for it, but it pays to oversize it slightly than end up with something that is too tight - a little play helps.
The air hose can exit through the top of the wing right about where your 1/32 ply plate is shown just in front of the nipple on the cylinder. You can run the plumbing along the top of the wing so that it exits near the center top where you want it. You can make a rectangular duct in the top of the wing which will get a thin splice of 1/16" prior to sheeting the core. Alternatively, you can also run the line inside the retract well and just tape it down to the bottom of the well around the axle. You then can run a thin plastic tube from the base of the wheel well to the root of the core to duct the hose. It just depends whether you want your hose visible and easy to access or prefer a cleaner look.
Oh, yes, what Ralph said - looks pretty serious - 5 degrees maybe?
David.