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 Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:18 am Post subject: outlet port |
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I'm hoping someone can jog my memory, need to quite drinking that cheap wine. I have a good memory but it's not very long. Anyway, came across a "note to self" out in the shop " Check on outlet port location on fuel tanks. May need to get a retrofit kit." I went thru all my Kifox literature, letters and bulletins and find any reference for this. Does anyone have a clue? Leon Morris/Classic 4 Speedster/65%/Flower Mound, TX
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Lynn Matteson
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Location: Grass Lake, Michigan
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| Posted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:43 am Post subject: outlet port |
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Leon-
Aren't there any outlet ports right now? Mine are near the rear of
the tank, as low as seems possible, but they were there when I got
the tanks. Somebody will have the answer from their unmounted tanks,
but if not, I can measure mine.
I just looked at the pictures in the builders manual...pictures are
better than my memory....and they show the outlets to be in the very
back, inside lower corner. You'll have to carve out a notch in the
butt rib for the outlet fitting, and be sure to install a finger
strainer...MOST important! Also, if you haven't already, get a set of
fuel gauges from John McBean and install them. I'm pretty sure I got
mine after I installed the tanks, but it might be easier to do it
beforehand.
Disclaimer: Mine are the 13-gallon fiberglas tanks, so yours might be
different.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster
Jabiru 2200
Status: flying w/538 hrs
On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:15 PM, <l.morris(at)tx.rr.com> wrote:
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I'm hoping someone can jog my memory, need to quite drinking
that cheap wine. I have a good memory but it's not very long.
Anyway, came across a "note to self" out in the shop " Check on
outlet port location on fuel tanks. May need to get a retrofit
kit." I went thru all my Kifox literature, letters and bulletins
and find any reference for this. Does anyone have a clue? Leon
Morris/Classic 4 Speedster/65%/Flower Mound, TX
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l.morris(at)tx.rr.com
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 9:52 am Post subject: outlet port |
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Lynn- just found the info I was looking for,so will pass it on.It was in Service Letter #45 under Fuel Quanity and Unusable Fuel, para.2.From the way I read it,the older fuel tanks prior to 1 Sep 95 hadthe fuel outlet fittings at the rear of the tank which can cause fuel starvation during long, steep, high-speed descents withthe tanks low on fuel.Evidently there was a retrofit kit from the "Old" company that would relocate the outlet ports to reduce their unusable fuel quanity by about 2 1/2 gallons in a cruise attitude. Good news for those flustrated fighter pilots types. It was part # 10678.000 and sold for $87.50 per tank back in 1995. I did get a set of fuel gauges from Merle Williams.--- Leon Morris
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Leon-
Aren't there any outlet ports right now? Mine are near the rear of
the tank, as low as seems possible, but they were there when I got
the tanks. Somebody will have the answer from their unmounted tanks,
but if not, I can measure mine.
I just looked at the pictures in the builders manual...pictures are
better than my memory....and they show the outlets to be in the very
back, inside lower corner. You'll have to carve out a notch in the
butt rib for the outlet fitting, and be sure to install a finger
strainer...MOST important! Also, if you haven't already, get a set of
fuel gauges from John McBean and install them. I'm pretty sure I got
mine after I installed the tanks, but it might be easier to do it
beforehand.
Disclaimer: Mine are the 13-gallon fiberglas tanks, so yours might be
different.
Lynn Matteson
Kitfox IV Speedster
Jabiru 2200
Status: flying w/538 hrs
On Jun 24, 2008, at 2:15 PM, <l.morris(at)tx.rr.com> wrote:
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> I'm hoping someone can jog my memory, need to quite drinking
> that cheap wine. I have a good memory but it's not very long.
> Anyway, came across a "note to self" out in the shop " Check on
> outlet port location on fuel tanks. May need to get a retrofit
> kit." I went thru all my Kifox literature, letters and bulletins
> and find any reference for this. Does anyone have a clue? Leon
> Morris/Classic 4 Speedster/65%/Flower Mound, TX
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Michael Logan
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| Posted: Wed Jun 25, 2008 5:02 pm Post subject: outlet port |
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If you flew with your flaps down, you would get fuel starvation with six
gallons in each tank. Don't ask me how I know.
Mike Logan
Series 5 NSI
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