I didn't see the Cheetah. ?I bought the engine off it and overhauled it for my Super Cub project. ?The carb inlet was completely packed full of fiberglass residue, which was why it fell out of the sky and ended on it's back in a field. ?There was something glass in the fuel system that ended up packed in the carb inlet.
The Cherokee 235 had the tip tanks softened to the point where they were deforming from the air pressures in flight. ? -Jeff Scott > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dj Merrill > Sent: 08/03/13 09:45 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> ethanol-free fuel link > > On Aug 3, 2013, at 11:37 PM, "Jeff Scott" <jscott.planes at gmx.com> wrote: > > > > > I have seen disastrous results from using alcohol contaminated fuel in > > glass tanks. One was thousands of $$ damage to the fuel system of a > > Cherokee 235 and the other totaled the plane (a Grumman Cheetah), so be > > sure to test your fuel. > > > > > > A Grumman Cheetah with glass tanks??? > > -Dj
