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1. 07:57 PM - fuel tubing for sight gauge (Ron DeWees)
2. 08:41 PM - Re: fuel tubing for sight gauge (Dave Austin)
3. 11:06 PM - Re: fuel tubing for sight gauge (Rick)
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| Subject: | fuel tubing for sight gauge |
--> Zenith-List message posted by: "Ron DeWees" <rdewees@mindspring.com>
Hi Gang, I need to ask your advise yet again. I plan on using a short length of
clear tubing from each wing tank into the selector switch on the center console
so I can see when the fuel is exhausted. I found blue tubing at ACS, but
it's a bit too dense to see fuel through. What are others using for clear
tubing? I found something marked as clear fuel tubing at an auto parts store,
but there were no details on composition or heat range. Any ideas would be appreciated.
Ron DeWees
Zenair 601HDS/Jab 3300 in progress
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| Subject: | Re: fuel tubing for sight gauge |
--> Zenith-List message posted by: "Dave Austin" <daveaustin2@sprint.ca>
Ron,
I used Tygon gasoline rated clear (yellow) tubing. Unless it is gasoline
rated, I wouldn't touch it. The clear tubing supplied by Zenair
disintegrated after three years, leaving me with a cockpit full of fuel -
fortunately when I wasn't flying.
Dave Austin 601HDS - 912
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| Subject: | Re: fuel tubing for sight gauge |
--> Zenith-List message posted by: Rick <rick.pitcher@verizon.net>
Ron DeWees wrote:
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> --> Zenith-List message posted by: "Ron DeWees" <rdewees@mindspring.com>
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> Hi Gang, I need to ask your advise yet again. I plan on using a short length
of clear tubing from each wing tank into the selector switch on the center
console so I can see when the fuel is exhausted. I found blue tubing at ACS,
but it's a bit too dense to see fuel through. What are others using for clear
tubing? I found something marked as clear fuel tubing at an auto parts store,
but there were no details on composition or heat range. Any ideas would be
appreciated.
>
> Ron DeWees
> Zenair 601HDS/Jab 3300 in progress
Ron. The good fuel proof tubing is available at CPS for about a buck a
foot:
http://mikes.automated-shops.com/cgi-bin/ams/shopzone30.cgi/st_prod.html?p_prodid=157&p_catid=22&sid=9iSKnP0lqJY638U-39103067085.c4
This is the stuff that Rotax uses as their fuel pump pulse line. It's
rated for use as fuel line and will not deteriorate with time the way
Tygon tubing does. We use it in ultralights as the primary fuel line.
Much better than the blue stuff.
Rick P.
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