---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Tue 10/14/08: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 07:02 AM - Re: Series IV Horizontal Stabilizer Struts (paul wilson) 2. 12:17 PM - Kitfox IV Gas Cap (kitfoxjunky) 3. 12:41 PM - Re: Kitfox IV Gas Cap (Guy Buchanan) 4. 01:03 PM - Re: Kitfox IV Gas Cap (Daniel Wild) 5. 01:50 PM - Re: Throttle springs and HS adjustment (akflyer) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 07:02:16 AM PST US From: paul wilson Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Series IV Horizontal Stabilizer Struts The factory made an in line change with no documentation then offered a retrofit. After a rash of broken ends reported on this list I cut mine off and discovered the factory had welded a cap screw in the end of the 3/8" tube. Very bad practice due the weld messing up the heat treat of the high strength screw which caused them to become brittle. I replaced the thing with proper weld on ends and went to the next size (AN 490 insert if I correctly remember??). Later the factory re did the struts and went to larger tubes. Nobody ever reported if the got rid of the screws, but they did go the proper size which is 1/4x28 You have the correct fix. For those with the small thread you might want to upgrade or do the diy fix. Increasing the tube size is not necessary its the small defective thread that is breaking off. AN parts do not break in this application if properly sized. Paul ============== At 07:36 PM 10/12/2008, you wrote: > >All, > Anybody remember a requirement for increasing the size of > the horizontal stab struts from 10-32 to 1/4-28? Bob did it for my > aircraft based on ? but I can't find a reference in the SBs or SLs. > It might be a series I - III issue that Bob translated to the IV. > (I'm asking for another IV owner who has the small struts.) > > >Guy Buchanan >San Diego, CA >K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar. > > ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:17:10 PM PST US From: kitfoxjunky Subject: Kitfox-List: Kitfox IV Gas Cap Sure I saw somewhere in the forums that an automobile gas cap would work. After 6 years of flying my KF, I taxied out into a weedy lake without securing the gas cap and lost it. Need a replacement. Any suggestions welcome. Hey..check the cool photo from the weekend on my web page below. Nice fog effect. Gary Walsh KF IV Anphib 912S C-GOOT www.decisionlabs.com/kitfox do not archive ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 12:41:26 PM PST US From: Guy Buchanan Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Kitfox IV Gas Cap At 12:16 PM 10/14/2008, you wrote: >Sure I saw somewhere in the forums that an automobile gas cap would >work. After 6 years of flying my KF, I taxied out into a weedy lake >without securing the gas cap and lost it. Need a replacement. Any >suggestions welcome. Gary, Yes, the auto caps work, but they're ugly and you'll have to put in your vent. Otherwise get them from John and Kitfox. Guy Buchanan San Diego, CA K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar. ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 01:03:45 PM PST US From: "Daniel Wild" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Kitfox IV Gas Cap are you looking for these? ebay # 260300094929 http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&sspagename=ADM E%3AB%3ASS%3AUS%3A1123&viewitem=&item=260300094929 Dan Wild From: kitfoxjunky Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 2:16 PM Subject: Kitfox-List: Kitfox IV Gas Cap Sure I saw somewhere in the forums that an automobile gas cap would work. After 6 years of flying my KF, I taxied out into a weedy lake without securing the gas cap and lost it. Need a replacement. Any suggestions welcome. Hey..check the cool photo from the weekend on my web page below. Nice fog effect. Gary Walsh KF IV Anphib 912S C-GOOT www.decisionlabs.com/kitfox do not archive ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 01:50:43 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Throttle springs and HS adjustment From: "akflyer" The stick position may just be the way it is rigged. On mine, the way I got it, putting the elevator in line with the stab, put the stick right under the edge of the panel. All I had to do was take a few turns on the heim joint (on the elevator push rod) to put the stick in a more comfortable position. -------- DO NOT ARCHIVE Leonard Perry Soldotna AK Avid "C" / Mk IV 582 IVO IFA Full Lotus 1260 95% complete Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p 8798#208798 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kitfox-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kitfox-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/kitfox-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kitfox-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.