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| Subject: | Re: Replacing Fuel Level Senders... |
Matt,
I have removed each tank from my flying RV-7A with little trouble other than
a bit of scuffing on the arms. I installed my floats in back of the second
bay because I have floptubes so I don't know if you can install in place or
not. The tanks came off in under twenty minutes and back on in about the
same. Nothing to worry to much about.
I installed the floats using proseal as the rubber gaskets leaked and were
the reason I had to remove the tanks. I agree do it now before you paint.
Good luck and regards.
Bill Lull
RV7A N91WL
Flying!!!
On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 9:00 PM, Matt Dralle <dralle@matronics.com> wrote:
>
> Dear Listers,
>
> Well, okay, so I've resigned myself to replacing my Princeton capacitance
> fuel level probes with the standard S&W float probea from Van's. Has anyone
> replaced these without removing the wing or the fuel tank from the airplane?
> Basically just doing it from underneath the airplane through the gap
> afforded by the fuselage-to-wing fairing? Is this even possible?
>
> I know that it won't be possible to remove the Princeton units without
> destroying them, but can the S&W probes be installed? If I can do it
> without pulling the fuel tanks or wings off, then I might just tackle this
> sooner than later. But if the tanks have to come off, then I might
> procrastinate more and enjoy the great flying weather. That being said, I'm
> going in for paint in either August or October and it has to be complete
> before then either way.
>
> Arg, why couldn't those Princeton probes just work? Geeze, how much do you
> have to spend to get a product that works. How frustrating.
>
> So, how accurate are the bending dimensions on the Van's plans for the S&W
> float arms? I've got no way to test or trial fit these units so its a
> one-shot deal. I've already pulled the probes out once, I definitely don't
> want to do this again!
>
> Thanks for the insight...
>
>
> Matt Dralle
> RV-8 #82880 N998RV
> http://www.mattsrv8.com - Matt's RV-8 Construction Blog
> http://www.youtube.com/MattsRV8 - Matt's RV-8 HDTV YouTube Channel
> Status: Enjoying The Fruits of 2500 Hours of Labor!
>
>
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