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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 5:45 am    Post subject: RV8-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 06/27/11 Reply with quote

How hard would it be to retrofit that into finished tanks?

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PostPosted: Tue Jun 28, 2011 6:45 am    Post subject: RV8-List Digest: 1 Msgs - 06/27/11 Reply with quote

I am also sending this to my friend Joe Blank at Vans in case I am missing something and potentially putting out bad information.

Joe, don't hesitate to chime in. Subject is installing RV-10 fuel pickup tubes (with strainers) in RV-8 tanks. My original email is at the bottom. Gail

RETRO RV-8 Fuel Pickup Tubes

It should be easy to replace the RV-8 fuel pickup tubes with RV-10 tubes (with the strainer on the end of the tube) if the wings are not on the aircraft and if the tanks were manufactured with the conventional fuel pickup versus the inverted pickup system.

Degree of difficulty could be influenced by how the fuel pickup/sensor float assembly plate was mounted on the inboard tank rib with respect to sealant and the gasket.

I don't have the plans in front of me right now to refer to part numbers, but visualize the inboard tank rib with the round 6 or 7 inch diameter hole containing a cover plate with fuel pickup tube, fuel level sensor, etc. There are a number of screws holding the cover plate in place. It should be as simple as disconnecting the fuel plumbing, removing the cover plate and lifting out the fuel sensor and pickup tube assembly which are attached to the cover plate. Then, remove the fuel pickup tube locking bracket (drill out two rivets), clean the surfaces and reassemble with the new pickup tube part, including the locking bracket and the cover plate gasket. Don't forget to use sealant on the locking bracket rivets. I haven't done it, but that would seem to be the way to get it done.

If the wings are on the aircraft, it might pose more of a problem. I don't have experience at that level yet. But, if one can get to the cover plate on the inboard tank rib, the rest should be fairly easy.

If that is not possible it should be fairly easy to remove the tank from the wing and proceed as above.

Gail Peck
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