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dosmythe(at)cox.net
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Posted: Wed Dec 20, 2006 10:49 am Post subject: Poly oil injection tank

Yesterday I noticed what appears as a crack in my  Poly oil injection tank.  I'm not certain it's a crack but has all the  good appearance of one.  Has anyone ever had one of the poly tanks  crack?  So far, I have had to replace the rotary valve poly tank due to a  crack.  Those little suckers ain't cheap (around $70).  I hate to see  the price on the larger injection tank.

  

 Don Smythe

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Guy Buchanan

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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 12:49 pm Post subject: Poly oil injection tank

At 10:49 AM 12/20/2006, you wrote:

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		  Yesterday I noticed what appears as a crack in my Poly oil injection 

tank.  I'm not certain it's a crack but has all the good appearance 

of one.  Has anyone ever had one


	


Don,

         What does your injection tank look like? I replaced mine 

before I flew because the old tank became brittle. Mine was a 2 liter 

rectangular Nalgene bottle. I got it on the web from U.S. Plastics, I think.

Guy Buchanan

K-IV/1200 w/ 582 C-box & Warp 3 blade

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dosmythe(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 1:31 pm Post subject: Poly oil injection tank

Guy,

    My tank was provided in the Kit from SS.  It measures about 7" wide X 

8"-10" high and 3" deep.



Don Smythe

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Guy Buchanan

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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 8:38 pm Post subject: Poly oil injection tank

Don,

         Check the following link to see if any of these bottles look 

like yours. I'm away from my plane for a couple of weeks or I'd 

measure mine to correlate.



http://www.usplastic.com/catalog/product.asp?catalog%5Fname=USPlastic&category%5Fname=15034&product%5Fid=14979



         Let me know if this looks like yours. First, though, ask 

John if he's stocking any replacements at Kitfox. If not I'll talk 

you through how I did my bottle.



At 01:31 PM 12/22/2006, you wrote:

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Guy,

    My tank was provided in the Kit from SS.  It measures about 7" 

 wide X 8"-10" high and 3" deep.



Don Smythe

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Guy Buchanan

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dosmythe(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Dec 22, 2006 10:06 pm Post subject: Poly oil injection tank

Guy,

    The largest of the bottles looks almost exactly like mine.  Sorry the 

site didn't give dimensions.



Thanks

Don Smythe

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Guy Buchanan

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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 7:59 am Post subject: Poly oil injection tank

At 10:04 PM 12/22/2006, you wrote:

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		  Guy,

    The largest of the bottles looks almost exactly like 

 mine.  Sorry the site didn't give dimensions.


	


It's probably the same. My original came from Skystar. I purchased 

it's replacement from US Plastics. I could not find the outlet that 

Skystar was gluing to the bottom of their bottle so I did some 

research and found a polyethylene bulkhead fitting for 1/4 NPT 

threads. I mounted this to the bottom of the bottle using 2-part 

polysulfide sealant. If you have access to plastic welding equipment 

you could weld a fitting to the bottom; much better. I've also 

recently discovered that there is such a thing as polyethylene 

adhesive that might enable you to bond a boss to the bottom.



When I return home on the 4th I'll track down the source of my 

bulkhead fitting. I couldn't find it again on-line.



Have a great Christmas Season!



Guy Buchanan

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dosmythe(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 10:47 am Post subject: Poly oil injection tank

Guy,

    I'm not real happy with gluing anything that holds my life in it's 

hands.  There might be some glues out there that work wonders with Poly but, 

I'd prefer to put in a metal bulkhead fitting with threads/nuts/lockwire and 

secure things like that.



Don Smythe

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 	  Quote: 	
		   It's probably the same. My original came from Skystar. I purchased it's 

 replacement from US Plastics. I could not find the outlet that Skystar was 

 gluing to the bottom of their bottle so I did

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roncarolnikko(at)hotmail.
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Posted: Sat Dec 23, 2006 11:11 am Post subject: Poly oil injection tank

There is one on Barnstormers for a 5 I think.  Ron NB Ore

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Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2006 01:04:51 -0500






Guy,

    The largest of the bottles looks almost exactly like mine.  Sorry the 

site didn't give dimensions.



Thanks

Don Smythe

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