Hello Mark, First forgive me, becouse my writing english is very, very poor. Thank God for Google translate. My oral iz funny, but usable. On Skype, I am pajazmaja, be freely, call me when you like. I tell you in detail about my solution for sight gauge tubing and ball. I made this and it work OK for 4 - 5 years in several planes. Take litl SAFE - T POXY and mix it, add litl red or black color for epoxy and mix. Add micro balloons and stir with epoxy. with that recharge piece plastic hose. When dry, cut hose and make you ball. If ball dont float in gasoline, repeat procedure with more baloons. Teflon tube is best for sight gauge. Thank You for Your great contribution and help to the KR community. Best regard Pavle Djukic P.S. mob. phone +381656666434 On Tue, Oct 16, 2012 at 3:03 AM, Mark Langford <m...@n56ml.com> wrote:
> KRnetHeads, > > It's been kind of quiet today, so let me throw this one out there. When I > bought N891JF, the sight tube was discolored due to age to the point that I > could barely see through it. I updated it with new tubing from McMaster > Carr, Tygon F-4040-A, which is what was used originally. The problem is > this tubing is extremely yellow, and it wipes out the blue dye in the 100LL > fuel to the point that it's like water. You can only see the dividing line > (miniscus) of the fuel level, and that takes some searching most of the > time. The easy solution would be to put a little ball of some sort in the > tubing, and it would have to be 3/16" or smaller to freely float to the > surface. Anybody have an idea on a source for something that would work > for that job? Another option (but not as attractive as the floating ball) > would be a clear tubing that's proven to work with fuel. Any ideas? > > Having seen three fuel level sensors fail on N56ML, I'm already a big fan > of the sight tube thing, although it does mean "fuel in the cockpit". > > Before I hit the "send" button, it occurred to me...a cheapo electrolyte > hydrometer would probably offer some balls that would work, but that > remains to be seen (yes I would look up the density before I wasted the > $3). Any other options? > > Thanks, > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
