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kkinney



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:26 pm    Post subject: VDO sender stuck Reply with quote
I have a VDO sender that's stuck. Other than picking up the wing and shaking it, what can I do?

Regards,
Kevin Kinney

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ashontz



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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 2:48 pm    Post subject: Re: VDO sender stuck Reply with quote
Maybe bend a coat hanger and stick it in there and try to free it up? Ground yourself and the tank before you do it if there's gas in the tank.

Treat it like a fuel filler and get one of those alligator clip wires from radio shack and clip one end to a ground on the plane and the other to the coat hanger.

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I have a VDO sender that's stuck. Other than picking up the wing and shaking it, what can I do?

Regards,
Kevin Kinney


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tonyplane(at)bellsouth.ne
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PostPosted: Tue Jan 22, 2008 8:49 pm    Post subject: VDO sender stuck Reply with quote
Kevin,

I noticed that one of my aux tanks had a stuck VDO sender after I installed my wings. Gauge was showing fuel
when in fact the tank was empty. I pounded on the wing in the tank area and it "Unstuck". It probably was a result of my installing the sender float too close to the aft skin of the fuel tank and when the tank was a little stressed after the LE skin install, it permitted contact with the float. I was afraid that after I fueled the tank, it would not show any fuel use but would stick in flight.

Bottom line: No problem in 343 hours. The force of the fuel I suspect is enough to give clearance to the float and/or in flight vibrations
keep it from sticking - hope this is your problem.

Tony Graziano
XL; N493TG; 343 hrs

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I have a VDO sender that's stuck. Other than picking up the wing and shaking it,
what can I do?

Regards,
Kevin Kinney
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