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Michaels Web Site
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Date: 5-13-2014
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Number of Hours: 2.00
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Brief Description: New fuel hose with drain
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1. I decided to rotate the carb about 30 degrees, to give a straighter line for the throttle cable, which had been sticking a little, possibly because of the bends in the cable. It seemed to help. I'll see next time I run the engine.
2. When I tried to test fit the new fuel hose assembly, the much shorter section of hose was at the carburetor-end, and could not bend around the air cleaner. So I flipped the fuel line around, swapped end fittings (they are different at each end), and that did the trick.
Tthe drain is about 4" from where the lower cowl will be when it's on the aircraft. So the drain in the position in the first photo, is not reachable. I have to find some way to extend that with a rigid pipe, down through the lower cowl. I haven't had luck so far.
I'm not actually happy about the drain. I has complicated what was a simple system. And now the fuel line is much more rigid, and hence less forgiving of vibration. With this area of the fuel line being the low point of the entire fuel system, there just isn't any real issue with water. If there is water and it's frozen, the drain isn't going to help. If the water is liquid, it's going to get coughed out within 2 seconds of starting the engine. If there is detritus in the fuel, it will get stopped by the fuel filter. The downside is that I need to remove the fuel filter to check it from time to time, since it is opaque.
3. Photo 2 is my #3 upper spark plug wire. It was touching the exhaust pipe! Now it's tie wrapped to the air intake pipe.
4. In photo 3 the battery box is larger than the battery, so I made a couple of wood shims to fill in the gaps and keep the battery from sliding around.
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New fuel line with drain.
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Tie wrapped #3 spark plug wire
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Wood shims in battery box
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