---------------------------------------------------------- Kitfox-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Wed 04/21/10: 13 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 06:41 AM - Fuel pump rebuild (rosane beaule) 2. 08:04 AM - Re: Brake pedal ergonomics (jridgway) 3. 01:20 PM - Re: Gas fitting sealant (Perkins, Mike) 4. 02:07 PM - Re: Gas fitting sealant (Patrick Reilly) 5. 03:49 PM - Rotax fuel pressure (jridgway) 6. 05:42 PM - Re: Rotax fuel pressure (Roger Lee) 7. 05:43 PM - Re: Fuel pump rebuild (Roger Lee) 8. 05:47 PM - Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? (Roger Lee) 9. 06:27 PM - Re: Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? (sourdostan@aol.com) 10. 07:20 PM - Air speed Indicator (Patrick Reilly) 11. 07:36 PM - Re: Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? (paul wilson) 12. 08:07 PM - Re: Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? (Lowell Fitt) 13. 09:07 PM - Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? (Roger Lee) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 06:41:05 AM PST US From: "rosane beaule" Subject: Kitfox-List: Fuel pump rebuild Hi all, anyone knows the part number for a rebuild kit for the fuel pump on a 912 and a good place to buy it? thanks Jack ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 08:04:52 AM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Brake pedal ergonomics From: "jridgway" raising the brake arm up 1.5 inch solved my problem. makes all the difference in the world. however, they are no longer true 'toe-brakes'. You do have to lift you feet some to get on them. Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=295098#295098 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 01:20:37 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Gas fitting sealant From: "Perkins, Mike" The best fuel sealant that I've found for threaded fittings is Dow 730 Solvent Resistant Sealant. It was specifically designed by Dow for use with fuel and other solvents. It's been on my airplane for 16 years now. It doesn't harden, so it doesn't crack. Also, it really doesn't have to cure before you let gasoline at it - the fittings are ready to use right away. But it's not cheap. Sit down for this - it costs $99.50 for a 3-oz tube from Aircraft Spruce. Years ago I convinced Phil to start stocking it. At first he thought I was crazy. Maybe you all will, too. But no fitting has ever leaked with it. A tube will probably do 10 airplanes, which is why I loan it to my friends. We have all had good experience with it. I've kept mine in a frig since I bought it and it's still good. - Mike ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 02:07:49 PM PST US Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Gas fitting sealant From: Patrick Reilly Mike, Thanks for the recommendation. I put mine back together today with th e Permatex non hardening that I already had and that Lynn says he uses. I'll put gas in it tomorrow. If it leaks again, I will bite the bullet and try the stuff you recommend. Did you use it on fittings going into plastic tank s with worn threads? Pat Reilly Mod 3 582 REBUILT Rockford, IL On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 3:18 PM, Perkins, Mike wrote: > The best fuel sealant that I=92ve found for threaded fittings is Dow 730 > Solvent Resistant Sealant. It was specifically designed by Dow for use wi th > fuel and other solvents. It=92s been on my airplane for 16 years now. It > doesn=92t harden, so it doesn=92t crack. Also, it really doesn=92t have t o cure > before you let gasoline at it ' the fittings are ready to use right awa y. > But it=92s not cheap. Sit down for this ' it costs $99.50 for a 3-oz tu be from > Aircraft Spruce. Years ago I convinced Phil to start stocking it. At firs t > he thought I was crazy. Maybe you all will, too. But no fitting has ever > leaked with it. A tube will probably do 10 airplanes, which is why I loan it > to my friends. We have all had good experience with it. I=92ve kept mine in a > frig since I bought it and it=92s still good. > > - Mike > > * > =========== =========== =========== =========== > * > > -- Pat Reilly Mod 3 582 Rebuild Rockford,IL ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 03:49:56 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Rotax fuel pressure From: "jridgway" I am in the process of adding a electric fuel pump in parallel to my Rotax 582 (DCDI) single pressure pump. what pressure should I set the pressure regulator at? I have a pressure gauge on the plane now and it usually reads between 4-6 PSI with the mechanical pump only. thanks..Jack Is 5 PSI to high or to low? Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=295166#295166 ________________________________ Message 6 _____________________________________ Time: 05:42:05 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Rotax fuel pressure From: "Roger Lee" The max is 5.8 psi, but no real reason to set it up there. 5.0-5.5 would do just fine. Normal for most engines while running is 3.1 - 4.6 psi -------- 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=295181#295181 ________________________________ Message 7 _____________________________________ Time: 05:43:28 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Fuel pump rebuild From: "Roger Lee" No rebuild kit for the mechanical 912 pump. It is sealed. You have to buy the pump. -------- 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=295187#295187 ________________________________ Message 8 _____________________________________ Time: 05:47:12 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? From: "Roger Lee" Hi Clem, If your electrical system is exposed you absolutely should cover it. Leaving it exposed is too risky for your safety and for the engine. If something gets into this it will be very costly. I would consider this as an important issue to take care of. I would be asking the question of where it went? They come with the cover on all 912's. -------- 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=295188#295188 ________________________________ Message 9 _____________________________________ Time: 06:27:01 PM PST US From: sourdostan@aol.com Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? Earler ones didn't. Stan Specht Sent from my iPhone On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:44 PM, "Roger Lee" wrote: > > Hi Clem, > > If your electrical system is exposed you absolutely should cover it. > Leaving it exposed is too risky for your safety and for the engine. > If something gets into this it will be very costly. I would consider > this as an important issue to take care of. > I would be asking the question of where it went? They come with the > cover on all 912's. > > -------- > 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=295188#295188 > > ________________________________ Message 10 ____________________________________ Time: 07:20:47 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Air speed Indicator From: Patrick Reilly KFer's, What is the best way to test the ASI system? Mine registered stall at 27 and cruise at 47. I tried rolling up surgical tube on the pitot tube to get a reading to no avail. Is there a way to test the ASI seperately? -- Pat Reilly Mod 3 582 Rebuild Rockford,IL ________________________________ Message 11 ____________________________________ Time: 07:36:13 PM PST US From: paul wilson Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? Right, that cover came with the new and improved pricing on the 912UL. It was about a $2k item. Paul ====== At 07:15 PM 4/21/2010, you wrote: > >Earler ones didn't. > >Stan Specht > > >Sent from my iPhone > >On Apr 21, 2010, at 8:44 PM, "Roger Lee" wrote: > >> >>Hi Clem, >> >>If your electrical system is exposed you absolutely should cover it. >>Leaving it exposed is too risky for your safety and for the engine. >>If something gets into this it will be very costly. I would consider >>this as an important issue to take care of. >>I would be asking the question of where it went? They come with the >>cover on all 912's. >> >>-------- >>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=295188#295188 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > ________________________________ Message 12 ____________________________________ Time: 08:07:42 PM PST US From: "Lowell Fitt" Subject: Re: Kitfox-List: Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? Not true, Roger. My 1996 R-912 did not come with one. They were introduced later to keep stuff from being dropped into the area and sticking to the magnets. I don't think I ever had one, but I was extremely careful in that area. I do, though agree that they are a good idea. I have one on my new (second hand) engine. Lowell -------------------------------------------------- From: "Roger Lee" Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 5:44 PM Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? > > Hi Clem, > > If your electrical system is exposed you absolutely should cover it. > Leaving it exposed is too risky for your safety and for the engine. If > something gets into this it will be very costly. I would consider this as > an important issue to take care of. > I would be asking the question of where it went? They come with the cover > on all 912's. > > -------- > 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=295188#295188 > > > ________________________________ Message 13 ____________________________________ Time: 09:07:48 PM PST US Subject: Kitfox-List: Re: Using a 912 alternator cover? From: "Roger Lee" Hi Lowell, If they didn't come that way back then, I stand corrected (Thanks), but I'd certainly get one on there now. I don't think I have ever had an engine come through here without one. I know how much those parts cost and how much labor cost are to fix some of those things in that area. That cover cost $75. The parts and labor could easily make it ten+ times that to fix broken items depending on the damage. -------- Roger Lee Tucson, Az. 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