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undoctor

Joined: 21 Oct 2008
Posts: 212
Location: Bethelhem, PA

Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:47 pm Post subject: Back to gascolators

Folks,



I bought a nice used gascolator a few months back and it has what 

appears to be a vacuum fitting on the top.  Before I install it I need 

to know the options/requirements re: the vacuum line?  I.e., can it be 

plugged or is it's use necessary for the gascolator to function properly?



Thanks



Dave Kulp

Bethlehem, PA

Firefly 098

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Dana

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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:02 pm Post subject: Back to gascolators

At 06:45 PM 4/7/2009, Dave Kulp wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		  I bought a nice used gascolator a few months back and it has what appears 

to be a vacuum fitting on the top.  Before I install it I need to know the 

options/requirements re: the vacuum line?  I.e., can it be plugged or is 

it's use necessary for the gascolator to function properly?


	


Vacuum doesn't seem likely... are you sure it's not a primer connection?



-Dana

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undoctor

Joined: 21 Oct 2008
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Location: Bethelhem, PA

Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 2:59 pm Post subject: Back to gascolators

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		  [b] >to be a vacuum fitting on the top.  Before I install it I need to know the 

      >options/requirements re: the vacuum line?  I.e., can it be plugged or is 

      >it's use necessary for the gascolator to function properly?

      

      Vacuum doesn't seem likely... are you sure it's not a primer connection?

      

      -Dana



I guarantee you I'm not sure of anything.  Following is a web address and the second entry down has

a picture of the same setup.  Maybe that would give you a hint.  I asked the mechanic at Queen City,

where I've been flying out of and he didn't know.  He's worked on military jets for years and

now is the first he's worked GA, so the setup may be peculiar to home builts...

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 Dave

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 4:36 pm Post subject: Back to gascolators

Dave C

  

   That port you refer to a 1/8" NPT hole C isn't it?  If it is C it is the primer port.  If you do not need a primer C you don't need the port.  Plug it.

  

   Gascolaters have such a wide range of engines they're expected to work with.  It's easier to machine the hole C and thread it C than try to create two types of gascolators C those with the hole C and those without.

  

   If you go to www.aircraftspruce.com C and read the descriptions of the gascolators they offer C you'll see the primer port mentioned.

  

 Mike Welch

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  Date: Wed C 8 Apr 2009 18:58:28 -0400

From: undoctor(at)ptd.net

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Subject: Re: Back to gascolators

 	  Quote: 	
		  [b] >to be a vacuum fitting on the top.  Before I install it I need to know the 

      >options/requirements re: the vacuum line?  I.e. C can it be plugged or is 

      >it's use necessary for the gascolator to function properly?

      

      Vacuum doesn't seem likely... are you sure it's not a primer connection?

      

      -Dana



I guarantee you I'm not sure of anything.  Following is a web address and the second entry down has

a picture of the same setup.  Maybe that would give you a hint.  I asked the mechanic at Queen City C

where I've been flying out of and he didn't know.  He's worked on military jets for years and

now is the first he's worked GA C so the setup may be peculiar to home builts...

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http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?t=5513



Dave

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JetPilot

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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 5:56 pm Post subject: Re: Back to gascolators

Mine also has the thrid port on top, its the primer port.. Plug it !!!



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Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:34 pm Post subject: Back to gascolators

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 2009 18:58:28 -0400

From: Dave Kulp <undoctor(at)ptd.net>



Dave,



It is a primer tap.  See:



http://www.andair.co.uk/pdfs/GAS01.pdf



Jack B. Hart FF004

Winchester, IN

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undoctor

Joined: 21 Oct 2008
Posts: 212
Location: Bethelhem, PA

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 7:47 am Post subject: Back to gascolators

[quote][b]     

      Dave,

      

      It is a primer tap.  See:

      

      http://www.andair.co.uk/pdfs/GAS01.pdf

      

      Jack B. Hart FF004

      Winchester, IN



Thanks Dana, Mike, Mike and Jack.  KNOWING makes all the difference!  Now I can proceed.  I had my

Cuyuna shut off inexplicably on my US.  Never could find out why, although I think a rebuilt fuel

pump had something to do with it.  But the experience kind of makes you sensitive to "unknowns"...

and to the "sound of silence."



Dave Kulp

Bethlehem, PA

FireFly 11DMK

      

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