---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 02/17/10: 10 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 08:18 AM - Droopy wing tips. (Dave G) 2. 11:52 AM - Re: coolant from vent hole behind water pump housing? (Lowell Fitt) 3. 01:07 PM - Clear tubing (fox5flyer) 4. 04:46 PM - Re: Clear tubing (Roger Standley) 5. 05:30 PM - Re: Droopy wing tips. (wingnut) 6. 05:43 PM - Re: Clear tubing (Roger Lee) 7. 05:49 PM - Re: Clear tubing (fox5flyer) 8. 07:08 PM - Re: Droopy wing tips. (Av8r3400) 9. 07:51 PM - wheel tracking (Malcolm Brubaker) 10. 07:56 PM - Re: Clear tubing (Roger Standley) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 08:18:42 AM PST US From: "Dave G" Subject: Kitfox-List: Droopy wing tips. After months of staring at and test fitting those hideous droopy wing tips, I finally broke down and ordered a new set of standard tips for my KF. I am offering the old ones for sale with no fixed price. No idea how much they are worth. Dave Goddard KF IV 1050 / 582 / Warp ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 11:52:17 AM PST US From: "Lowell Fitt" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: coolant from vent hole behind water pump housing? George, This is late as I have been out of town. I had some coolant leaking from my 912 UL after about 300 hours and the guys at Rotax - I think CPS told me to put a proportional shot of bars leak in it and that was it. Lowell ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kitfox George" Sent: Saturday, February 13, 2010 9:18 AM Subject: Kitfox-List: coolant from vent hole behind water pump housing? There is a small vent hole in the rear casting housing that bolts to the motor behind water pump that is seeping a little coolant. This motor has sat around for a while. Could someone describe what I'm in for and how and what I need to replace the seal. I believe by looking at the parts book that it is called a rotary seal part number 850-945. George Sport Model(7+)- Rotax 914- almost, but not yet! do not archive ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 01:07:01 PM PST US From: "fox5flyer" Subject: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing I'm down for annual and I'm changing out my tubing for the sight gauges and vent lines. I have always used Tygon tubing (1/4"ID) and although it stays flexible, the best I can get from it is 2 years before it yellows so badly that it is no longer easy to see the fuel levels. Can anyone recommend a tubing for this purpose that can stand up to auto gas and last a little longer than 2 years, or is this the best I'm going to get considering the circumstances? Any input appreciated. Deke Morisse Mikado Michigan S5/Subaru/CAP 438+ TT "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." -- Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006) ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 04:46:55 PM PST US From: "Roger Standley" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing Have you tried that blue Bing alcohol resistant tubing from ACS? ----- Original Message ----- From: fox5flyer To: Kitfox List Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:04 PM Subject: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing I'm down for annual and I'm changing out my tubing for the sight gauges and vent lines. I have always used Tygon tubing (1/4"ID) and although it stays flexible, the best I can get from it is 2 years before it yellows so badly that it is no longer easy to see the fuel levels. Can anyone recommend a tubing for this purpose that can stand up to auto gas and last a little longer than 2 years, or is this the best I'm going to get considering the circumstances? Any input appreciated. Deke Morisse Mikado Michigan S5/Subaru/CAP 438+ TT "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." -- Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006) http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List http://www.matronics.com/contribution ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 05:30:47 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Droopy wing tips. From: "wingnut" Hmm. As it happens, one my droop tips suffered some damage recently when one tie down came undone in high winds. One wing lifted and crunched the end of the opposite wing tip. I see that you have a model IV 1050. Mine is a 1200.. Do they have the same tips? -------- Luis Rodriguez Model IV 1200 Rotax 912UL Flying Weekly Laurens, SC (34A) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=286872#286872 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 05:43:29 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Clear tubing From: "Roger Lee" I talked to 5 different tubing Mfg's almost 2 years ago and they all said the die in the auto fuel would turn their tubing brown over time. -------- Roger Lee Tucson, Az. Light Sport Repairman - Maintenance Rated Rotax Repair Center 520-574-1080 Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=286874#286874 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 05:49:31 PM PST US From: "fox5flyer" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing I'd considered that, but I didn't think that the fuel level would be very visible. Is that what you use? Deke ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Standley To: kitfox-list@matronics.com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:46 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing Have you tried that blue Bing alcohol resistant tubing from ACS? ----- Original Message ----- From: fox5flyer To: Kitfox List Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:04 PM Subject: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing I'm down for annual and I'm changing out my tubing for the sight gauges and vent lines. I have always used Tygon tubing (1/4"ID) and although it stays flexible, the best I can get from it is 2 years before it yellows so badly that it is no longer easy to see the fuel levels. Can anyone recommend a tubing for this purpose that can stand up to auto gas and last a little longer than 2 years, or is this the best I'm going to get considering the circumstances? Any input appreciated. Deke Morisse Mikado Michigan S5/Subaru/CAP 438+ TT "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, in five years there'd be a shortage of sand." -- Nobel prize-winning economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006) href="http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?Kitfox-List">http://www.matron href="http://forums.matronics.com">http://forums.matronics.com href="http://www.matronics.com/contribution">http://www.matronics.com/c ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 07:08:51 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Droopy wing tips. From: "Av8r3400" Model IV 1050 & 1200 use the same ribs, so the tips should be the same. -------- Thanks, Av8r3400 Kitfox Model IV-1200 W/912UL & IVO Kitfox Model IV-1050 W/912UL & Warp Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=286885#286885 ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 07:51:57 PM PST US From: Malcolm Brubaker Subject: Kitfox-List: wheel tracking I have worn the OUT side of my tires after I determined- if it is towed i n or out can I shim the plate that holds the axel ass. on? Malcolm Brubaker =0AMichigan Sport =0APilot Repair =0ALSRM-A, PPC, WS =0A(989)513-3022 --- On Wed, 2/17/10, fox5flyer wrote: From: fox5flyer Subject: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing =0A=0A =0A =0A=0AI'm down for annual and I'm changing out my tubing =0Afor the sight gauges and vent lines.- I have always used Tygon tubing =0A(1/4 "ID) and although it stays flexible, the best I can get from it is 2 years =0Abefore it yellows so badly that it is no longer easy to see the fuel =0A levels.=0ACan anyone recommend a tubing for this =0Apurpose-that can stan d up to auto gas and last a little longer than 2 =0Ayears, or is this the b est I'm going to get considering the =0Acircumstances?=0AAny input apprecia ted.=0ADeke Morisse Mikado Michigan S5/Subaru/CAP =0A438+ TT "If you put the federal government in charge of the Sahara Desert, =0Ain five years there'd be a shortage of sand." -- Nobel prize-winning =0Aeconomist Milton Friedman (1912-2006)=0A-=0A- =0A-=0A-=0A=0A=0A =0A=0A=0A ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 07:56:09 PM PST US From: "Roger Standley" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing I've used the blue tubing for sight gauges and header tank vent line over the past 4 years. It is easy to see in the right light. Just be sure to have a white back ground. I painted the inboard side of the tanks white and pasted a calibrated scale printed on clear sticky back to clear plexiglas that is mounted to the fuselage butt rib. Simple, cheap, looks fine and works great! ----- Original Message ----- From: fox5flyer To: kitfox-list@matronics.com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 5:49 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing I'd considered that, but I didn't think that the fuel level would be very visible. Is that what you use? Deke ----- Original Message ----- From: Roger Standley To: kitfox-list@matronics.com Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 7:46 PM Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing Have you tried that blue Bing alcohol resistant tubing from ACS? ----- Original Message ----- From: fox5flyer To: Kitfox List Sent: Wednesday, February 17, 2010 1:04 PM Subject: Kitfox-List: Clear tubing I'm down for annual and I'm changing out my tubing for the sight gauges and vent lines. I have always used Tygon tubing (1/4"ID) and although it stays flexible, the best I can get from it is 2 years before it yellows so badly that it is no longer easy to see the fuel levels. Can anyone recommend a tubing for this purpose that can stand up to auto gas and last a little longer than 2 years, or is this the best I'm going to get considering the circumstances? Any input appreciated. 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