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Thanks Del! I'll do some playing and see if I can bring myself to using them
as is for now. Bought some cord (1.99 lawnmower starter rope), to put pull
loops in the plugs, while at Princess Auto today grabbing a few hundred
dollars of junk I probably don't really need. Went in for a wheel barrow
tire/wheel assembly for $14.99 that was of course out of stock and still
managed to come out $400+ lighter.....

and BTW, Mike Jones, you can buy Chen Cheng tubes in Princess auto for $4.99
to $8.99. I grab spares for the 2.80/2.50 x 4 amphib nose wheels / Scott
tail wheel tires and 4.80/4.00 - 8 for Zenairs there and they have the
proper 90* valve on them. Nice thing from there they are in a cardboard box
that will let you throw them in the plane without fear of puncture. They had
a shelf marked for the 15/6.00 x 6's that would fit your 6.00 x 6 x 6's but
none in stock in Barrie. You can usually get them at any good tire
shop...but a lot of the time they don't have the 90* stems in stock...but of
course they can order.

Wayne

----- Original Message -----
From: "Del Schmucker" <del.schmucker@kpdsb.on.ca>
To: <rebel-builders@dcsol.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 30, 2005 12:32 PM
Subject: RE: Float pump out cups on 1800's

Wayne:

I made an adapter just by getting a ABS reducer/adapter(local hardware)

and

making some "Adjustments" to it. It fits very nicely into the bottom of

the

pump and reduces to the size of the Murphy pump outs. It may not be as
elegant as some but works well. If I get a chance I will take a picture

and

upload it.

Thank you,

Del Schmucker
Information Systems Manager
Keewatin-Patricia District School Board

-----Original Message-----
From: mike.davis@dcsol.com [mailto:mike.davis@dcsol.com] On Behalf Of

Wayne

G. O'Shea
Sent: Friday, April 29, 2005 12:08 PM
To: Murphy Rebel Builders List
Cc: DENNIS FINLEY
Subject: Float pump out cups on 1800's

Hi guys! The real reason I came in from the shop....anybody found a pump
that actually fits these undersize pump out cups Murphy made for the
1800's??? You'd think if you were going to make 'em you'd make them to

fit

the standard Beckson pump and not some oddball size that fits nothing on

the

market like plugs. and the nice new auto plugs with the check ball built

in.

The MAM cups are even smaller than the CAP cups that you use the neck

down

adapter on the Beckson pump. I talked with Robin about this a year or so

ago

and he told me they neck the pump down with a piece of rad hose. I'm not

in

to this adaption stuff and looking to see if anyone has found a pump that
fit in the cups and actually works. Not into making those cup plugs either
with a plastic cap from a chair leg and a piece of bungee....but is

someone

knows a pump available will save me a days work and $200 worth of EDO cups
to get me in the water. Some days I wish MAM would just buy off the shelf
items and not make stuff themselves. Can't see a labour/materials savings
when cups and lake-n-air plugs are less than $5 each in quantity.

I will post a list up later tonight or tomorrow of the things I've found,
over the last ~ 32 hours (2 days) of shop time, in need of doing on the
prebuilts for anyone else in the same boat. All in all really happy with
what I've seen in these last few out of the good prebuild factory. About

two

FULL days now going over these things. Probably another full one yet

before

I can start making spreaders and mounting struts....gotta get the axles
drilled for zerts next...already slotted the torque plates to ease wheel
removal/installation.

Cheers,
Wayne





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