FWIW, the cork fuel gauge gaskets in my KR were 23 years old when I sold it a couple of months ago and never had an issue. They were exposed to 100LL, 80/87, and lots of Mogas, including the same crappy mogas that delaminated the tanks in my SuperCub.-Jeff--Sent from my Android phone with GMX
On 10/23/2020 9:05 AM, Randall Smith via KRnet wrote:
gasket hit swollen up right out of the hole.
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I can only guess there was something about the material used that caused
a problem. Lesson learned I guess is test gasket in fuel before use.
I put a cork gasket between the carburetor and the intake on an 85 Continental.
Took off the runway and had to make a U-turn and put it back on the ground My
CHT Went nuts. A friend of mine it's an I came down we started looking at it
and it gasket hit swollen up right out of the hole. We cut an
Recently, when I mentioned I had a fuel leak in my left wing there was
some concern expressed about using cork gaskets with 100LL. It finally
struck me that I have some (one) photo to share that indicates there is
no compatibility problems. The supplier has switched from cork to
rubber for
Since there has been some discussion recently on propellers, I figured I
would post the results from my test flight yesterday using John Bouyea's
old 56"x56" Sterba propeller, and compare it with my two previous
propellers.
Quick Background: Since my engine rebuild this past summer, I have tried
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