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Tom Jones

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Location: Ellensburg, WA

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 12:39 pm Post subject: Re: Wing Tank Fuel Finger Strainers

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		  Thank you, Tom. From your ruler, I make it about 1 mm mesh. Somewhat 

oarser than my gascolator. 	




Michel, I just measured the mesh best I could.  A straight pin from a sewing kit will not fit.  The point of the pin will go through but stops before the taper is full diameter of the pin.  With calipers and feeler gage I measured this spot on the pin to be .010 (one ten-thousandths) of an inch or .254 mm.



The purpose of the finger strainers is to prevent larger debris from stopping fuel flow from the tank.  A much finer filter is required in the fuel line before the carb to catch fine debris.

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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:18 pm Post subject: Wing Tank Fuel Finger Strainers

I could swear the ones on my model 2 are coarser than that and don't look quite like the one in Tom's picture. I'll have to yank one to be sure. Could they possibly have supplied finer strainers with later models?



Tom Jones <nahsikhs(at)elltel.net> wrote:  [quote]--> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Tom Jones" 

 	  Quote: 	
		   Thank you, Tom. From your ruler, I make it about 1 mm mesh. Somewhat 

 oarser than my gascolator.


	




Michel, I just measured the mesh best I could. A straight pin from a sewing kit will not fit. The point of the pin will go through but stops before the taper is full diameter of the pin. With calipers and feeler gage I measured this spot on the pin to be .010 (one ten-thousandths) of an inch or .254 mm.



The purpose of the finger strainers is to prevent larger debris from [quote][b]

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Lynn Matteson

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Posts: 2778
Location: Grass Lake, Michigan

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:33 pm Post subject: Wing Tank Fuel Finger Strainers

Oops, better go sit in the corner, Tom...  .010" is read "ten  

thousandths" of an inch....one ten-thousandths would be .0001"

Lynn Matteson

Grass Lake, Michigan

Kitfox IV Speedster  w/Jabiru 2200

flying w/450+ hrs

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On Jan 9, 2008, at 3:39 PM, Tom Jones wrote:

 	  Quote: 	

> Thank you, Tom. From your ruler, I make it about 1 mm mesh. Somewhat

> oarser than my gascolator.

 Michel, I just measured the mesh best I could.  A straight pin from  

 a sewing kit will not fit.  The point of the pin will go through  

 but stops before the taper is full diameter of the pin.  With  

 calipers and feeler gage I measured this spot on the pin to be .010  

 (one ten-thousandths) of an inch or .254 mm.

 The purpose of the finger strainers is to prevent larger debris  

 from stopping fuel flow from the tank.  A much finer filter is  

 required in the fuel line before the carb to catch fine debris.

 --------

 Tom Jones

 Classic IV, Phase one

 503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp

 Ellensburg, WA

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Tom Jones

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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 2:57 pm Post subject: Re: Wing Tank Fuel Finger Strainers

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		  Oops, better go sit in the corner, Tom... .010" is read "ten 

thousandths" of an inch....one ten-thousandths would be .0001" 

Lynn Matteson 	




Lynn, I guess .0001" would be pretty small mesh.  Thanks for catching that.

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Lynn Matteson

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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:20 pm Post subject: Wing Tank Fuel Finger Strainers

Now somebody can catch me....is .0001" a micron?



Lynn

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On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Tom Jones wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   

> Oops, better go sit in the corner, Tom... .010" is read "ten

> thousandths" of an inch....one ten-thousandths would be .0001"

> Lynn Matteson

 Lynn, I guess .0001" would be pretty small mesh.  Thanks for  

 catching that.



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 503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp

 Ellensburg, WA





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Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: Wing Tank Fuel Finger Strainers

A Micron is One Millionth of a Millimeter, or Thirty Nine Millionths of 

an inch (.000039")

Ron

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Lynn Matteson wrote:

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 Now somebody can catch me....is .0001" a micron?



 Lynn

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 On Jan 9, 2008, at 5:57 PM, Tom Jones wrote:



> 

>> Oops, better go sit in the corner, Tom... .010" is read "ten

>> thousandths" of an inch....one ten-thousandths would be .0001"

>> Lynn Matteson

> Lynn, I guess .0001" would be pretty small mesh.  Thanks for catching 

> that.

>

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> Tom Jones

> Classic IV, Phase one

> 503 Rotax, 72 inch Two blade Warp

> Ellensburg, WA

>

>

> Read this topic online here:

>

> http://forums.matronics.com/viewtopic.php?p=157078#157078

>

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Michel

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Location: Norway

Posted: Wed Jan 09, 2008 11:33 pm Post subject: Wing Tank Fuel Finger Strainers

On Jan 9, 2008, at 9:39 PM, Tom Jones wrote:

 	  Quote: 	
		    I measured this spot on the pin to be .010 (one ten-thousandths) of 

 an inch or .254 mm.


	


Thanks, Tom. That's finer that I thought.

Regarding the 'ten thousandth vs. one ten thousandth' it is easy to 

mistake. Ask a friend what is greater, zero point twelve or zero point 

six. Many will answer; the former.



Cheers,

Michel Verheughe

Norway

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Posted: Thu Jan 10, 2008 8:32 pm Post subject: Wing Tank Fuel Finger Strainers

A micron (short for micrometer) is 1 millionth of a meter (one  micrometer) . A millimeter is 1 thousandth of a meter. Milli means 1 thousand  and micro means 1 million. As a clinical pathologist for 30 years I dealt  with those units regularly.

  

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