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0. 12:22 AM - PLEASE READ - Matronics Email List Fund Raiser During November! (Matt Dralle)
1. 05:08 AM - Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 (JC Gilpin)
2. 07:49 AM - Re: Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 (chris davis)
3. 01:37 PM - Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 (Kirby, Dennis Civ USAF AFMC AFNWC/ENS)
4. 05:32 PM - Re: Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 (Dennis Rowe)
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| Subject: | PLEASE READ - Matronics Email List Fund Raiser During November! |
Dear Listers,
Each November I hold a PBS-like fund raiser to support the continued operation
and upgrade of the Email List and Fourm Services at Matronics. It's solely through
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| Subject: | Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 |
Gday Dennis,
I found a tank from Moeller that fit just perfectly behind the seat in a
FireStar ll.
They have a really wide range of sizes and shapes. They're made to be
permanent below-deck fuel tanks for boats, so are very high quality with
very good fittings.
I got mine from Amazon, free shipping.
http://www.moellermarine.com/oem/fuel_tanks/fuel-tanks/
JG
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| Subject: | Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 |
JG Those tanks look good how much did the one you bought cost? I could not
find any prices. thank you Chris=0A=0A=0AChris Davis=0AKXP 503 492 hrs=0AGl
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________________=0A> From: JC Gilpin <j.gilpin@bigpond.com>=0A>To: "kolb-li
st@matronics.com" <kolb-list@matronics.com> =0A>Sent: Friday, November 1, 2
013 8:08 AM=0A>Subject: Kolb-List: Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Ma
rk-3=0A> =0A>=0A>=0A>Gday Dennis,=0A>=0A>=0A>I found a tank from Moeller t
hat fit just perfectly behind the seat in a FireStar ll.=0A>They have a rea
lly wide range of sizes and shapes. -They're made to be permanent below-d
eck fuel tanks for boats, so are very high quality with very good fittings.
- =0A>I got mine from Amazon, free shipping.=0A>=0A>http://www.moellerma
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| Subject: | Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 |
rowedenny@windstream.net wrote:
<< . just reread your post and see there is cutting involved. I'll have to
find out exactly what needs cut before I would commit to that. Dennis
"Skid" Rowe >>
bob.pipercolt@yahoo.com wrote:
<< would also be interested in the larger tank from Kolb. Keep me informed
if you don't mind. Thanks Bob >>
Denny, and Bob -
Travis told me that the Mark-III Xtra one-piece fuel tank is an option on
that model, but is not retrofittable to the "Classic." Cages are different.
The patterns they still have at Kolb are for a tank they used to offer as an
option for the original M3 in the days before the Xtra was conceived. It
was a $450 option in the late-1990s. I believe they built it into the
welded cage, and shipped it to you that way.
For this retrofit, on a standard M3 cage, it appears you'll have to cut the
three 3/8" tubes that are just behind the seats to get this tank in. Boyd
(who has one of these factory tanks in his 1990s era Mark-III) says his is
about 16 gallons. The tank would sit on the same framework intended for
the plastic jugs to sin on, and would have a "tunnel" hump in the center, as
the tank straddles the aileron torque tube.
Last week, Travis said they could fab one up for me for about $950, plus
shipping. They would make it with all the proper orifice fittings (fuel
fill, vent, outlet, etc.), an internal anti-slosh baffle, and with
aluminum-angle mounting brackets. If enough Kolb folks want these, maybe
they could fabricate a batch of tanks, and be able to sell them a little
cheaper.
Dennis K.
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| Subject: | Re: Larger, one-piece fuel tank for a Mark-3 |
Thanks John,
Will be crawling all through my bird with a tape measure soon to see which o
ne of these I could shoehorn in there.
Dennis "Skid" Rowe
Mk3, 690L-70, Leechburg, PA
> On Nov 1, 2013, at 8:08 AM, JC Gilpin <j.gilpin@bigpond.com> wrote:
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> Gday Dennis,
>
> I found a tank from Moeller that fit just perfectly behind the seat in a Fi
reStar ll.
> They have a really wide range of sizes and shapes. They're made to be per
manent below-deck fuel tanks for boats, so are very high quality with very g
ood fittings.
> I got mine from Amazon, free shipping.
> http://www.moellermarine.com/oem/fuel_tanks/fuel-tanks/
>
> JG
>
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