Return-Path: Received: from rtp-iport-2.cisco.com ([64.102.122.149] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.3c2) with ESMTP id 767254 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:16:04 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.102.122.149; envelope-from=echristl@cisco.com Received: from rtp-core-2.cisco.com (64.102.124.13) by rtp-iport-2.cisco.com with ESMTP; 02 Mar 2005 17:15:19 -0500 X-BrightmailFiltered: true X-Brightmail-Tracker: AAAAAA== Received: from [172.18.179.180] (echristl-linux.cisco.com [172.18.179.180]) by rtp-core-2.cisco.com (8.12.10/8.12.6) with ESMTP id j22MFFhF029855 for ; Wed, 2 Mar 2005 17:15:15 -0500 (EST) Message-ID: <42263AF5.6000902@cisco.com> Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 17:15:17 -0500 From: Ernest Christley User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.3) Gecko/20040929 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Rotary motors in aircraft Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] Re: fuel cutoff valve necessary? References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Mark R Steitle wrote: >Ernest, >If I can ask, without a shutoff valve, how would you service/replace >your fuel pump (short of draining the tank)? > >Mark S. > > > The same way everyone does it...that is to say, "I haven't a clue." 8*) How would you service/replace the valve (short of draining the tank)? Not trying to be funny there. Really, how would you. Would you have to service a pump any more than you would the valve? For a minute, I was thinking that you'd add a small service valve directly under the tank, but all that does is move the problem around and increase the complexity. Method 1) Would draining the tank be all that difficult? Fly it down to 5gal (more than VFR min), land, disconnect the fuel line and use the pump to fill a gas can or two. Method 2) Have a section of rubber hose before the pump. Standard vice-grip clamp cutoff.