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Mike Schnabel

Joined: 27 Jan 2006
Posts: 114
Location: Manchester, TN

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:38 pm Post subject: Fuel tank filler line

Group,

   

  This question is really for John H., but I posted to the list for anyone else that might be interested in a simple way to transfer fuel from the can to your tank, that is also easy to stow onboard during flight with minimal weight or space penalty.

   

  John, please refresh me on the tube you use, material type and size, and if possible a good mail order source. I have not found a local A/C supply Co. i trust, so most items I buy have been bought online.

   

  BTW, I found those golf tees, and they fit the vent holes we drilled in the gas cans like they were made to be there! Great tip, Thanks!

   

  Mike S

  Manchester TN

  Firestar2 503

   

   

   

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John Hauck

Joined: 09 Jan 2006
Posts: 4639
Location: Titus, Alabama (hauck's holler)

Posted: Fri Aug 04, 2006 5:53 pm Post subject: Fuel tank filler line

Hi Mike S:



To transfer fuel from the can to the aircraft I use 6 feet of 1" OD X 

7/8" ID vinyl hose.  Can pick it up at anything large hardware store, 

or try Lowes, Home Depot, etc.



Been using this system since I learned about it from a friend who flew 

an S-1 Pitts.  Was walking by his hanger one day, where he was 

standing off from the airplane, holding the gas can up and 

transferring fuel from can to tank via the 1" hose.



Wish I knew how much fuel I have transferred this way.



john h

mkIII

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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:09 pm Post subject: Fuel tank filler line

--> Kolb-List message posted by: "John Hauck"0 <jhauck(at)elmore.rr.com> 

  

Hi0 Mike S: 

  

To0 transfer fuel from the can to the aircraft I use 6 feet of 1" OD X0  

7/8"0 ID vinyl hose.  Can pick it up at0 anything large hardware store,  

or0 try Lowes, Home Depot, etc. 

  

Been0 using this system since I learned about it from a friend who flew0  

an0 S-1 Pitts.  Was walking by his0 hanger one day, where he was  

standing off from the airplane, holding the gas can up and0  

transferring fuel from can to tank via the 1"0 hose. 

  

Wish0 I knew how much fuel I have transferred this way. 

  

john0 h 

mkIII0

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Posted: Sun Aug 06, 2006 7:59 pm Post subject: Fuel tank filler line

You're a better man than I,  Gunga0 Din. 

  

 Been the bilateral hernia route lifting0 tail of my 150C taildragger out of deep sand at Salton Sea some years ago and0 too old to do that kinda stuff now, even two handed, and definitely not one.0 Just ordered Petro Pump, about $45 delivered. Comes with a four foot hose and 50 gal can. May not be the best, but the best I can afford at the moment and don't0 have a pickup for the 55 gallon drums I used to haul earlier and fill wing tanks0 with a wobble pump.

  

 jsf

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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 12:31 am Post subject: Fuel tank filler line

To  transfer fuel from the can to the aircraft0 I use 6 feet of 1" OD X  7/8"  ID vinyl hose. 0 >>

  

 Hi ,

  

 did I miss something? Does the can have a spout0 which the hose fits over?  Otherwise how does the hose attach to the0 can?

  

 Cheers

  

 Pat

  

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Posted: Mon Aug 07, 2006 4:17 am Post subject: Fuel tank filler line

I use the same arrangement, red poly tank with loop handle,

vinyl hose fits perfectly over the stub on the tank cap.  As I0

remember, the tank

had some kind of a self-venting device on it which I removed

to clamp the hose on.  I drilled a very small hole in the handle

for the vent.  My tanks are in the standard MkIII location so I don't

have to lift far for gravity to do the job.

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On 7, Aug 2006, at 4:29 AM, pat ladd wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   To  transfer fuel from the can to the aircraft I use 6 feet of 1" OD0

 X  7/8"  ID vinyl hose.  >>

  

 Hi ,

  

 did I miss something? Does the can have a spout which the hose fits0

 over?  Otherwise how does the hose attach to the can?

  

 Cheers

  

 Pat

  

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