Ok, I actually have a lot of updates that I did maybe three months ago. However, I still have not posted them here, but I will try to post them soon.
Having said that, my family and I have made a lot of progress in renovating critical systems in our house, like our plumbing, gas piping, electrical, and sprinkler systems, so now I have more time to work on my 998 again.
Starting this weekend, I plan to keep working on my house renovation on Saturday and working on my 998 on Sunday or vice versa.
Today, I finally finished installing my custom Goodridge 910 PTFE lined, Aramid Fiber braided hose system for the cylinder head oiling system to the clutch cover. Yes, I can make my life easier by using Ducati's own braided hose, but I want to use AN4 size hoses for better oil flow, and well, it just looks nicer
First, I custom machined an aluminum bracket using 7075-T6 alloy, because the aluminum bracket I found it my stack of aluminum part (unused parts from my office) is too short. Plus, I want custom hole size to accomodate M6 and M5 bolts:

Below are side by side comparison with the bracket I found ex my office and the new custom machined bracket following my measurement:

Then, I ask my younger son to polish and then paint with Anodized Red color paint:
Then I test installed on the same location where the Ducati factory Tee Distributor for the hose is located, of course with custom spacer and all Titanium ProTi bolts/nuts as usual. Noticed I added a Serrated Washer to help hold the bracket in position despite engine vibration:
For the top part, I used Motocorse Titanium Bolt with ProTi M6 nut to hold the Tee Stainless Steel AN4 distributor from Earl's:
Everything fit as I measured, so next, I need to create 2 more hoses because last time I managed to KINK the hose since the old bracket was too short.
I first start with the hose from the clutch cylinder cover straight up to the Tee Distributor:
Next the hose from the Tee Distributor to the Horizontal Cylinder:

Just a picture to show the hose (that already made before) from the Tee distributor to the Vertical cylinder:

Overall picture, yes looks fancy

, and that is for this week... (oh I forgot, I also took out my original wire harness that came with this bike,and next week, my brand new wire harness will go in
