Great job Stanton. A couple things pop into mind when I started reading. The "little long" feature of the length is a good thing. That little extra is designed to somewhat place pressure at each end so it seals good at the ends against the casting. If it didn't have that tight fit, the fluid would seek the path of least resistance(like most things in life now days
). So a little long is much better than a little short. Next, the thing to be concerned with on the replacement
screen( for you guys what might try some bigger screens
) is the "Micron" size. Because the
hydraulic fluid usually has some form of medium/high pressure through-out the system, it'd be easy to force small particles through the
screen and into different bores where scaring could take place and cause leaks. Most
hydraulic filters are like 25 Micron or even down to 10 Micron in sizes. If that brass
screen is remotely close, should work fine. If it's bigger in size, it could cause issues later in life. Again, great project and I'm not in any way criticizing but just expressing what little I do know about hydraulics.
Rick
edit: I thought for sure there'd be someone correcting me about the pressure vs vacuum at the
screen