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Guy Buchanan

Joined: 16 Jul 2006
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Location: Ramona, CA

Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 7:53 pm Post subject: polyethylene tanks and fuel ports (used to be in-line filte

On 7/20/2014 3:49 PM, Sacha wrote:

     

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But            it turns out my wing tanks are not made of resin after all; a           friend who is more knowledgeable than me in these matters told           me they look like they are polyethylene, or maybe a kind of           nylon, like the Kitfox header tank.   So gluing will be           difficult and I’m not sure glassing them will work either: 

              	
     It's true. Nothing sticks reliably to polyethylene. It has to be     welded.         

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Instead            of finger strainers on each wing, I’m thinking of fitting a           single finger strainer to the header tank.  It looks like this           can be done without too much difficulty if I can tin-solder           some brass mesh to the fuel port (the finger strainers they           sell at ACS seem to be made that way… in fact I’m having           trouble finding brass mesh so I may have to cut some from one           of the ACS strainers).     	
     I think the ACS strainers use steel mesh. Call them, they should be     able to tell you.

     

     Guy Buchanan

     Ramona, CA

     Kitfox IV-1200 / 912-S / Warp 3cs / 500 hrs. and grounded

     Now a glider pilot, too.

     

     

     

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Posted: Sun Jul 20, 2014 8:55 pm Post subject: polyethylene tanks and fuel ports (used to be in-line filte

I have one here and it looks like bronze or brass. It's tin-soldered to a 1/2" male 3/8" female NPT fitting. 



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		   On Jul 21, 2014, at 5:53, Guy Buchanan <gebuchanan(at)cox.net> wrote:

 

 I think the ACS strainers use steel mesh.

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