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hcourier(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:29 am Post subject: Panel gauge needed

Hello,

  

     Looking for parts again.  I'm in need of the fuel  pressure, oil pressure, oil temperature "triple gauge"...all three indicators in  one gauge.  Part # 10640-A.  There's also another number of the  instrument:  AN2773-1.  The one in the plane decided to leak fuel into  the casing and then drip on the floor.  

  

     Please email me or call at 850-217-5185 if you have the  part.  Thank you.

  

 Ray Mansfield

 hcourier(at)cox.net (hcourier(at)cox.net)

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dowens(at)aerialviewpoint
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:41 am Post subject: Panel gauge needed

Have you tried the overhaul method? We have had  ours done many times. 

  

  

  

  

 David Owens

Aerial  Viewpoint

N14AV

AC-500A-Colemill

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kamala(at)MSN.COM
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:56 am Post subject: Panel gauge needed

rm,  you might call commander aero and talk to gary, he may have the old 

ones from my plane when we re did the panel.  mason

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Subject: Panel gauge needed

Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2007 10:29:16 -0600



Hello,



     Looking for parts again.  I'm in need of the fuel pressure, oil 

pressure, oil temperature "triple gauge"...all three indicators in one 

gauge.  Part # 10640-A.  There's also another number of the instrument:  

AN2773-1.  The one in the plane decided to leak fuel into the casing and 

then drip on the floor.



     Please email me or call at 850-217-5185 if you have the part.  Thank 

you.



Ray Mansfield

hcourier(at)cox.net

hcourier(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 9:07 am Post subject: Panel gauge needed

Thanks for the info David.  We checked and overhaul time was 2-3 weeks  and we're real busy flying right now. The gauge is leaking fuel real bad  now and it's not safe to fly it as it is.

  

 Ray Mansfield 

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John Vormbaum

Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Posts: 273
Location: SF Bay Area, CA

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 12:10 pm Post subject: Panel gauge needed

Hi Ray,

  

 You might call Morris Kernick at 321-403-8813, he  usually has a couple of overhauled units in stock. I had the same kind of leak a  couple of years ago, so slow that it was very hard to detect. The way I  discovered it was after a 3-hr. flight, I spent 12 hours throwing up and  generally feeling very ill. I knew it had something to do with the airplane so I  searched the cockpit/panel very carefully & found the leak. Glad to hear  that you discovered it before having a similar (or worse)  experience.

  

 /John

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hcourier(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:05 pm Post subject: Panel gauge needed

Hello John, 

  

 Thanks for the information,  I'll call Morris.  

  

 I had a feeling the gauge was leaking as there was an almost unnoticeable  film of blue/green below unit.  I had actually told maintenance to look at  the gauge when I returned from the next flight.  Well, during the next  flight it started visibly dripping from the bottom of the gauge and I could see  about 1/8" accumulated in the gauge itself at about the half-way point of the  flight.  Was glad to get on the ground.

  

 Sounds like yours was really putting out the fuel.  I never could  smell much in the way of fumes...don't know whether it would have made me  sick or not.    

  

 Ray Mansfield

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28bravo(at)comcast.net
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 4:48 pm Post subject: Panel gauge needed

Ray:

  

 I had a similar occurrence with my 500B. The gage's  fuel chamber is plumbed to an overboard drain, when the aneroid inside the gage  develops a leak fuel is supposed to drain to the outside. Trouble is that the  gasket in the fuel chamber usually dries up and shrinks allowing fuel to get in  the cabin. In my case fuel was leaking down into an energized Hoskins fuel  totalizer. No matter how much you like that 100LL smell this particular  situation can be disconcerning while operating in the clouds.  As you know,  the Commander has oil, fuel and hydraulic fluid all coming into the cabin. This  makes a strong case for remote sensing gages thus eliminating flammables from  entering the cabin altogether. Century Instruments can overhaul the gages,  they advised that some of the aneroids are becoming unobtanium these days in  which case you may have to settle for a different full scale range for the  fuel segment.

  

 DP

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hcourier(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:24 pm Post subject: Panel gauge needed

Thanks DP,  interesting. 

  

 RM

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John Vormbaum

Joined: 21 Aug 2006
Posts: 273
Location: SF Bay Area, CA

Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 5:38 pm Post subject: Panel gauge needed

What was weird about my gauge leak was that it  wasn't leaking enough to smell fumes or see anything, but there was plenty of  vapor enough to make both me & my copilot friend very ill. I would've been  better off with a worse leak I think, because I would have immediately noticed  it and gotten the airplane down.

  

 Cheers,

  

 /John

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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 7:41 pm Post subject: Panel gauge needed

Try John owner in KC.  He keeps some in stock. .816-472-7711 JB

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BillLeff1(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:33 pm Post subject: Panel gauge needed

Call Sam Cambell At Air Capital Instruments in Wichita 316-942-8668. He has  a lot of old equipment or can repair a lot of it.

  

 Bill Leff



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hcourier(at)cox.net
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Posted: Fri Feb 23, 2007 8:47 pm Post subject: Panel gauge needed

Thanks Bill.  Will call him in the  morning.  

  

 RM

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