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Need a floating ball for fuel quantity sight tube

 
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jimlc(at)att.net
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PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 7:04 pm    Post subject: Need a floating ball for fuel quantity sight tube Reply with quote
Joe,
Some have used one of the balls from an antifreeze tester that uses a bunch of colored balls to indicate freezing level.

Jim Crowder

At 07:30 PM 11/1/2006, you wrote:
[quote]Hi Guys,

I use a piece of clear fuel tubing looped between the top
and bottom fittings of my wing tanks. Inside the tube at
the top and bottom is a spring to prevent the tube from
kinking. I would like to add a floating ball to help me better
locate the fuel level. (I'm in the tri-focal generation.) What
would you recommend that would not dissolve? I can bend
the end of each spring to keep the ball out of the tank...

Thanks,

Joe Connell
Stewartville, MN
Kitfox-II N62JK

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:15 pm    Post subject: Need a floating ball for fuel quantity sight tube Reply with quote
At 06:30 PM 11/1/2006, you wrote:
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What
would you recommend that would not dissolve? I can bend
the end of each spring to keep the ball out of the tank...

Joe,
I put two spray tubes from B-12 Chemtool spray cans into my sight
tubes. The show where the fuel level is by diffraction. (They show a visual
kink where the fuel level is.)
Guy Buchanan
K-IV 1200 / 582-C / Warp / 100% done, thanks mostly to Bob Ducar.

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PostPosted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 8:46 pm    Post subject: Need a floating ball for fuel quantity sight tube Reply with quote
Another old trick is to put a piece of white paper in back of the site tube
with diagonal lines marked on it. They will show a positive demarkation at
the fuel level

Lowell

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PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 6:56 pm    Post subject: Need a floating ball for fuel quantity sight tube Reply with quote
I tried using balls from an antifreeze tester. They won't float. Gas is much lighter then water and it takes a heavier then water liquid to make the tester ball float, (which antifreeze is heavier then water). I would be interested if anyone else has been successful in finding something that would float in the sight tubes.

Jerry Kohles M3 912UL
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PostPosted: Thu Nov 02, 2006 8:59 pm    Post subject: Need a floating ball for fuel quantity sight tube Reply with quote
First I tried the antifreeze balls and learned they don't float. Next I used balsa wood balls, painted in fuel proof dope from the hobby store. They worked for a few months, but eventually the fuel must have gotten through the paint and the balsa wood lost its bouyancy. Since then, I have gone without, but have a new idea I'd like to try. Why not grab and old carburetor float out of a floatbowl and carve a little ball out of that material? Whatever that material is, it floats inside of our carburetors.
Rex in Michigan

-- "neflyer48" <neflyer48(at)cableone.net> wrote:
I tried using balls from an antifreeze tester. They won't float. Gas is much lighter then water and it takes a heavier then water liquid to make the tester ball float, (which antifreeze is heavier then water). I would be interested if anyone else has been successful in finding something that would float in the sight tubes.

Jerry Kohles M3 912UL
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PostPosted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 11:25 am    Post subject: Need a floating ball for fuel quantity sight tube Reply with quote
Rex,
For plastic balls, try www.usplastic.com. They have
a variety of sizes and materials.
Grant Fluent


--- Rexster <runwayrex(at)juno.com> wrote:

[quote] First I tried the antifreeze balls and learned they
don't float. Next I used balsa wood balls, painted
in fuel proof dope from the hobby store. They worked
for a few months, but eventually the fuel must have
gotten through the paint and the balsa wood lost its
bouyancy. Since then, I have gone without, but have
a new idea I'd like to try. Why not grab and old
carburetor float out of a floatbowl and carve a
little ball out of that material? Whatever that
material is, it floats inside of our carburetors.
Rex in Michigan

-- "neflyer48" <neflyer48(at)cableone.net> wrote:

I tried using balls from an antifreeze tester. They
won't float. Gas is much lighter then water and it
takes a heavier then water liquid to make the tester
ball float, (which antifreeze is heavier then
water). I would be interested if anyone else has
been successful in finding something that would
float in the sight tubes. Jerry Kohles M3 912UL
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