fuelgauges, etc.

[Geert Frank]

Hi all! A few items: thanks first of all to the replies ref. my radiator
refill. Now fixed. Next, Mike what am I not understanding? I hit the (new)
"contributors page" and "bookstore page" and all I get is "unable to find
page" or "page not found". I am of course still getting the much appreciated
listserver on a daily basis.
Dave Ricker, sorry I did not react sooner, but I have had those Spruce
gauges in my Rebel since 1996 and I cut the rod very short because I was
afraid the first baffle(rib) in the fueltank was going to interfere or may
have left the gauge unworkable if left uncut. Knock on wood, still works
great. Yes, you have to cut a hole in the left and right fuselage rootrib
(not a structural area) to see the gauges mounted into the wing rootrib or
tank rh rib of course. But they are clearly visible and the only thing I do
remember is that my sheetmetal helper did have to cut some special material
to make a totally leakproof gasket and used those special (sealed) nutplates
to install the gauge with its four mounting screws. Again knocking on wood,
not a drop of leaking fuel from this area and very accurate. These nutplates
are used specifically in fueltank areas and apparently are leakproof. They
look like any regular nutplate, except they are goldcolored and have a
little dome and a rubber gasket on the inside end. Bobp had to stare at them
when he ferried my machine from Atlanta to here in New Hampshire. Which
brings up my final remark. Richard DeCiero you can let me know via my own
e.mail address where in Mass you are , with a phone number, I am in Southern
New Hampshire (near Amesbury, MA) if you want to have a peek at my flying
Rebel (083R). Geert Frank

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[David Ricker]

Gert

Thanks for your first hand info on the guage!

Your feedback (and also about the mods to the FUS root rib to view the gauge) is very
important when you can't go and see the real thing (just a tinge of jealousey of all
those Brampton builders Bob).

Do I understand correctly that you consider the gauges very accurate? I presume this
also means the float rides a path from just above the lower tank skin to just below the
top skin and the level indication shows this.

Thanks again

Dave R.


Geert Frank wrote:

Hi all!

SNIP!

Dave Ricker, sorry I did not react sooner, but I have had those Spruce
gauges in my Rebel since 1996

SNIP!

Rebel (083R). Geert Frank

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[Mike Davis]

Again Geert, sorry for the inconvenience... the "system error" took out
those pages... the contributors page is back, but I named it wrong... you
can get to it on the web site, but the link in the message tags is wrong...
the book store will take a bit longer. I had just set that up, so I had no
backup at all. Basically, it will have links to books available through
amazon.com that are of a subject nature that I thought would interest home
builders. Any purchases made via these links would earn a percentage of the
sales, which I then would use for this site.

Mike

----- Original Message -----
From: "Geert Frank" <storchpilot@mediaone.net>
To: "murphy archives" <murphy-rebel@dcsol.com>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 6:38 AM
Subject: fuelgauges, etc.

Hi all! A few items: thanks first of all to the replies ref. my radiator
refill. Now fixed. Next, Mike what am I not understanding? I hit the (new)
"contributors page" and "bookstore page" and all I get is "unable to find
page" or "page not found". I am of course still getting the much

appreciated

listserver on a daily basis.
Dave Ricker, sorry I did not react sooner, but I have had those Spruce
gauges in my Rebel since 1996 and I cut the rod very short because I was
afraid the first baffle(rib) in the fueltank was going to interfere or may
have left the gauge unworkable if left uncut. Knock on wood, still works
great. Yes, you have to cut a hole in the left and right fuselage rootrib
(not a structural area) to see the gauges mounted into the wing rootrib or
tank rh rib of course. But they are clearly visible and the only thing I

do

remember is that my sheetmetal helper did have to cut some special

material

to make a totally leakproof gasket and used those special (sealed)

nutplates

to install the gauge with its four mounting screws. Again knocking on

wood,

not a drop of leaking fuel from this area and very accurate. These

nutplates

are used specifically in fueltank areas and apparently are leakproof. They
look like any regular nutplate, except they are goldcolored and have a
little dome and a rubber gasket on the inside end. Bobp had to stare at

them

when he ferried my machine from Atlanta to here in New Hampshire. Which
brings up my final remark. Richard DeCiero you can let me know via my own
e.mail address where in Mass you are , with a phone number, I am in

Southern

New Hampshire (near Amesbury, MA) if you want to have a peek at my flying
Rebel (083R). Geert Frank

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