---------------------------------------------------------- Kolb-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Sun 07/18/10: 2 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 12:48 PM - Re: FSII rebuild coming along (Richard Pike) 2. 01:43 PM - Re: Critique my Fuel System. (Richard Pike) ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 12:48:30 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: FSII rebuild coming along From: "Richard Pike" jbhart(at)onlyinternet.ne wrote: > Richard, > Can't see the wing tips > > Jack B. Hart FF004 > Winchester, IN > Planning on doing some rib stitching and more covering in the near future, will get to them shortly. Assuming I remember, I'll take pictures and post them when we shoot the first couple coats of paint. Richard Pike MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=305336#305336 ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 01:43:08 PM PST US Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Critique my Fuel System. From: "Richard Pike" You are smart to keep as much junk as possible from ever getting into your fuel system, before it gets to the pump or the filters. As Barney used to say "NIP IT IN THE BUD!" For the pickup in the bottom of your fuel tanks, go to Advance or AutoZone and get a big strainer type fuel filter that is designed to go in your car's gas tank just ahead of the in-tank fuel pump. Here is one for a 2000 Honda Accord, it is not expensive, and it is typical of what you want - a lot of surface area so that no matter how much mung you manage to get in the gas tank, you don't overwhelm the strainer's surface area. The opening in the strainer for your fuel pickup line to fit in is about the diameter of the end of your little finger, get creative with some brass fittings & solder something to the end of your pickup tube to make it the proper size, and clamp the filter to it. You want it to be mounted above the bottom of the tank by about an inch minimum, so that if you get water in the tank, your pickup is not immersed in it. which means that you will need to run a second line to the bottom of your tank to sump it. OK, do that, soft 1/4" aluminum fuel line from Aircraft Spruce is cheap. Run it to the lowest point in the tank when the aircraft is sitting level, and when you want to sump the tank, open the sump drain, blow into the tank's air vent line, & if there is any water, you will force it out. PS: Don't forget to close the sump, you just started a siphon... Richard Pike MKIII N420P (420ldPoops) Read this topic online here: http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=305348#305348 Attachments: http://forums.matronics.com//files/200hondaaccordse23lstrainer_547.jpeg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message kolb-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Kolb-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/kolb-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/kolb-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.