@nickwheeler" wrote the following up:
No precision was wasted making these parts .
It was time to do something about these ghetto hose-separators:
The hoses are 7/8" diameter, and the bulkhead fitting spaces them 38mm apart.
Scribe some
that looks about right marking to some 8mm aluminium plate:
Hack off, and clamp to the mill - a drill press would do - and drill four 22mm holes because that's close enough to 7/8":
I milled two straight and parallel edges because I could, but that could have been done with a file. Hacksaw them apart, and lop off the corners:
Mill the new edges straight and parallel to the originals, and shape the ends with files:
Like this:
I rubbed them across 120 and 240 grit DA discs on a piece of granite, using plenty of glass cleaner for a smooth, bushed finish.. No pics, as I did that in between dinner and going out.
Old vs New
And on the car:
The 22mm holes are slightly looser than I'd like, and will benefit from a touch of black silicone next time we have some out.
Much happier.