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Carl Tosh

Joined: 20 Dec 2008
Posts: 12
Location: Douglass,Kansas

Posted: Wed Aug 19, 2009 3:44 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Filter Failure

Yes, the filter,water separator on ebay for Kawasaki looks to use the same mesh filter as the two I have. I have one with hose barbs as in the picture and one that has barbs at a right angle. Both have the same filter size. Don't know what a new filter costs but,shouldn't have to buy many as they are well made and cleanable. Works for a poor boy anyway. Carl

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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 7:51 am Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

103-7 is a category that most nationalities are not lucky enough to

have.  It takes real mechanical discipline

to make it work and stay legal. >>



Hi Robert,

An interesting list of mods.

I would think there is a good chance that if those mods were proposed to our 

licensing autthority they would be allowed providing that the basic 

requirements of our Section `S`  were not broken .

Within weight limits.

Landing speed low enough, which depends on a formula involving the wing 

area.

C of G within limits



Your seat would probably be not looked on favourably. My standard Kolb seat 

was not considered strong enough to resist a hard landing and a plate had to 

be inserted.



Of course `allowed` is like a red rag to a bull to some of the listers who 

consider that they have the `right` to endanger themselves and others as 

they see fit. Themselves.. I would probably agree with. Others...there is 

the rub.



Cheers



Pat

JetPilot

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 1246

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 8:37 am Post subject: Re: Fuel Filter Failure

 	  pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com wrote: 	
		  



Of course `allowed` is like a red rag to a bull to some of the listers who 

consider that they have the `right` to endanger themselves and others as 

they see fit. Themselves.. I would probably agree with. Others...there is 

the rub.



Cheers



Pat 	




Pat,



I fully support the right of some on this list to endanger themselves as much as they like.   It is a shame that some here with two seat airplanes will put unsuspecting passengers at risk, but I still support our system of letting builders do what they like with experimental aircraft.



To put things back in perspective, any 18 year old can get into a 5000 pound SUV and drive like a total idiot with little to no consequence.  Anyone can get a drivers license, get in a large SUV or truck, and pass within several feet of other cars full of people on the highway at 110 MPH closing speed all day long.  We have about 40,000 deaths in auto accidents each year, and still ANYONE can get a license, and drive recklessly with little to no consequence.   To get uptight about small airplanes and waste a bunch of enforcement effort, inspections, and government manpower on them while ignoring the highway problem is nothing short of stupid on the governments part.   Its nothing but pandering to peoples paranoia about airplanes while ignoring real dangers to the public.



Mike

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"NO FEAR" - If you have no fear you did not go as fast as you could have !!!

Kolb MK-III Xtra, 912-S

pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
Guest

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 11:52 am Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

Its nothing but pandering to peoples paranoia about airplanes while ignoring 

real dangers to the public.



Hi Mike,



absolutely true. there should be graded exams to drive more powerful cars. 

To let someone who has just passed there driving exam (which should be much 

more difficult) walk out and get in a Porsche is nuts.



Of course anyone driving a SUV should be shot on sight on priciple.



To drive at 120 mph closing speed separated by a coat of paint on the road 

doesn`t bear thinking about.



We have just had a couple of Americans staying with us for the last week to 

celebrate my 80th birthday. I offered to pick him up by car from Heathrow.

He declined on the gounds that he did not want to be driven down the 

motorway at a speed equal to the drivers age.



Some years ago I picked up an American from Heathrow. He had been on standby 

at JFK for a couple of days, then the flight was late arriving around 9 at 

night.

He fell asleep almost as soon as I hit the motorway. Then he would open his 

eyes and scream to find himself being driven down the wrong way on the 

motorway, against a stream of lights in the dark at 80mph or over.  This was 

when you had 50mph im;posed. He just screwed his eyes tight shut and curled 

into a foetal ball.



Cheers



Pat.

slyck(at)frontiernet.net
Guest

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 12:10 pm Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

Blimey! y'ole geezer.  They should take yer keys away forthright.



har har,  (where'd I put those porsche keys)

BB

On 24, Aug 2009, at 3:50 PM, pj.ladd wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Its nothing but pandering to peoples paranoia about airplanes while  

 ignoring real dangers to the public.



 Hi Mike,



 absolutely true. there should be graded exams to drive more  

 powerful cars. To let someone who has just passed there driving  

 exam (which should be much more difficult) walk out and get in a  

 Porsche is nuts.



 Of course anyone driving a SUV should be shot on sight on priciple.



 To drive at 120 mph closing speed separated by a coat of paint on  

 the road doesn`t bear thinking about.



 We have just had a couple of Americans staying with us for the last  

 week to celebrate my 80th birthday. I offered to pick him up by car  

 from Heathrow.

 He declined on the gounds that he did not want to be driven down  

 the motorway at a speed equal to the drivers age.



 Some years ago I picked up an American from Heathrow. He had been  

 on standby at JFK for a couple of days, then the flight was late  

 arriving around 9 at night.

 He fell asleep almost as soon as I hit the motorway. Then he would  

 open his eyes and scream to find himself being driven down the  

 wrong way on the motorway, against a stream of lights in the dark  

 at 80mph or over.  This was when you had 50mph im;posed. He just  

 screwed his eyes tight shut and curled into a foetal ball.



 Cheers



 Pat.

herbgh(at)nctc.com
Guest

Posted: Mon Aug 24, 2009 5:14 pm Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

You forgot to mention the cell phone...Mike...unbelievable the number 

of idiots on the road with them stuck in their ears while driving..



That said...I suspect that the statistics favor the auto over UL's , 

given the miles or number of vehicles ...Herb

At 11:37 AM 8/24/2009, you wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		  

pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com wrote:

 >

 >

 > Of course `allowed` is like a red rag to a bull to some of the listers who

 > consider that they have the `right` to endanger themselves and others as

 > they see fit. Themselves.. I would probably agree with. Others...there is

 > the rub.

 >

 > Cheers

 >

 > Pat

Pat,



I fully support the right of some on this list to endanger 

themselves as much as they like.   It is a shame that some here with 

two seat airplanes will put unsuspecting passengers at risk, but I 

still support our system of letting builders do what they like with 

experimental aircraft.



To put things back in perspective, any 18 year old can get into a 

5000 pound SUV and drive like a total idiot with little to no 

consequence.  Anyone can get a drivers license, get in a large SUV 

or truck, and pass within several feet of other cars full of people 

on the highway at 110 MPH closing speed all day long.  We have about 

40,000 deaths in auto accidents each year, and still ANYONE can get 

a license, and drive recklessly with little to no consequence.   To 

get uptight about small airplanes and waste a bunch of enforcement 

effort, inspections, and government manpower on them while ignoring 

the highway problem is nothing short of stupid on the governments 

part.   Its nothing but pandering to peoples paranoia about 

airplanes while ignoring real dangers to the public.



Mike



--------

&quot;NO FEAR&quot; -  If you have no fear you did not go as fast as 

you could have !!!



Kolb MK-III Xtra, 912-S





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russ(at)rkiphoto.com
Guest

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:48 am Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

Pat

Driving at  "a speed equal to the driver's age" -- but isn't that in  

clicks, not MPH? So it would be only 50MPH.

But take heart -- getting old is better than not getting old --

And don't you measure your airspeed in  MPH too?  Knots of course for  

the Big Boys. They don't use clicks do they?

Russ



On Aug 24, 2009, at 3:50 PM, pj.ladd wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 Its nothing but pandering to peoples paranoia about airplanes while  

 ignoring real dangers to the public.



 Hi Mike,



 absolutely true. there should be graded exams to drive more  

 powerful cars. To let someone who has just passed there driving  

 exam (which should be much more difficult) walk out and get in a  

 Porsche is nuts.



 Of course anyone driving a SUV should be shot on sight on priciple.



 To drive at 120 mph closing speed separated by a coat of paint on  

 the road doesn`t bear thinking about.



 We have just had a couple of Americans staying with us for the last  

 week to celebrate my 80th birthday. I offered to pick him up by car  

 from Heathrow.

 He declined on the gounds that he did not want to be driven down  

 the motorway at a speed equal to the drivers age.



 Some years ago I picked up an American from Heathrow. He had been  

 on standby at JFK for a couple of days, then the flight was late  

 arriving around 9 at night.

 He fell asleep almost as soon as I hit the motorway. Then he would  

 open his eyes and scream to find himself being driven down the  

 wrong way on the motorway, against a stream of lights in the dark  

 at 80mph or over.  This was when you had 50mph im;posed. He just  

 screwed his eyes tight shut and curled into a foetal ball.



 Cheers



 Pat.

rlaird

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 373
Location: Houston

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:51 am Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

On Tue, Aug 25, 2009 at 9:39 AM, russ kinne <russ(at)rkiphoto.com (russ(at)rkiphoto.com)> wrote:

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		   --> Kolb-List message posted by: russ kinne <russ(at)rkiphoto.com (russ(at)rkiphoto.com)>

 

 Pat

 Driving at  "a speed equal to the driver's age" -- but isn't that in clicks, not MPH? So it would be only 50MPH.

 But take heart -- getting old is better than not getting old --

 And don't you measure your airspeed in  MPH too?  Knots of course for the Big Boys. They don't use clicks do they?

	


Even 50 klicks on a tiny, narrow English country road can be hair-raising!  

  

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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
Guest

Posted: Tue Aug 25, 2009 9:05 am Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

but isn't that in  

clicks, not MPH? So it would be only 50MPH.>>



Ha ha. That would be nice.



Pat

pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
Guest

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:47 am Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

Even 50 klicks on a tiny, narrow English country  road can be hair-raising!>>

  

 Hi Robert,

 I guess you just have to be born here.

  

 I can remember Yank convoys driving round here  during the war. They knocked down more miles of wall than you would  believe.

 Some of it had been on the edge of falling down for  a couple of hundred years. The army only had to drive by and they suddenly fell  . Farmers were rebuilding walls on the insurance pay out for years.

  

 Cheers

  

 Pat

 



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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
Guest

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 8:54 am Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

You forgot to mention the cell phone...Mike...unbelievable the number

of idiots on the road with them stuck in their ears while driving..

Hi Herb,

Is driving while using the phone illegal in the US?

It is here, but it doesn`t seem to make much difference.   I don`t believe 

that the `hands free` system should be allowed either. No matter how easy it 

is supposed to be, it IS distracting. Fancy being killed just because some 

guy is so important that he must be in constant touch.



Cant be very difficult to design a phone that shuts down when the ignition 

is turned on.



Cheers



Pat

rlaird

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 373
Location: Houston

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 9:14 am Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

[Sorry: off-topic; delete now]



A couple of decades ago, I visited England and Scotland.  The small town we stayed in, in Scotland, was Lockerbie, before the big jet came crashing down on it, and became known to the world.  As I struggled to find the country manor -- this is also pre-GPS -- the roads got narrower, and narrower, and then the grass or grain or whatever it was in the fields got taller and taller.  After 30 minutes of getting closer and closer to the manor we were looking for, I ended up having to stand on top of the car to see where it was.  I swear to you, the road was only barely wider than that tiny car, and the grass was definitely taller.  So, I do have a tiny bit of experience of which I speak!  

 

BTW, despite what you may think, I consider this an endearing quality and memorable experience, so there's no disrespect at all!



  -- Robert

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On Wed, Aug 26, 2009 at 11:41 AM, pj.ladd <pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com (pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com)> wrote:

 [quote]       Even 50 klicks on a tiny, narrow English country  road can be hair-raising!>>

  

 Hi Robert,

 I guess you just have to be born here.

  

 I can remember Yank convoys driving round here  during the war. They knocked down more miles of wall than you would  believe.

 Some of it had been on the edge of falling down for  a couple of hundred years. The army only had to drive by and they suddenly fell  . Farmers were rebuilding walls on the insurance pay out for years.

  

 Cheers

  

 Pat

 



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current: Autogyro Cavalon w/ 914ULS
Houston, TX area
http://www.Texas-Flyer.com

zeprep251(at)aol.com
Guest

Posted: Wed Aug 26, 2009 2:21 pm Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

Pat'

  Can't be that difficult .We have people over here whose brain shuts down when their mouths open.Could use the same technology on their cell phones I'd think.Just a thought,no offense.....

 

     G.Aman

 

   

 

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pj.ladd(at)btinternet.com
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Posted: Thu Aug 27, 2009 4:01 am Post subject: Fuel Filter Failure

BTW, despite what you may think, I consider this an  endearing quality and

memorable experience, so there's no disrespect at  all!>

  

 Hi Robert,

  

 We like it.  Incidentally New Zealand has no  motorways at all. No wonder I like that country.

  

 Pat

 



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