From: "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net>
To: "'Rotary motors in aircraft'" <flyrotary@lancaironline.net>
Subject: RE: [FlyRotary] Re: Fuel Transfer
Date: Sat, 27 Mar 2004 09:49:10 -0600
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Remember how I was planning to stick a hose down the filler pipe to pump
fuel from my truck's fuel tank?  Well, it "sounded" like a good idea, =
but it
ain't gonna work. =20

Yesterday, I needed just a few gallons to top off my tanks for a weight =
and
balance, so I tried to siphon fuel out of the truck.  The hose goes =
about a
foot into the filler pipe and just hits a dead end.  The truck has a =
long
filler neck, with a few bends, but I figured the small pipe I was using
would be able to negotiate those.  When I couldn't get the hose in, I =
just
assumed they installed some sort of anti-siphon device (course screen of
some kind).  After a bit of research, it seems that (some, all,
???)manufacturers are installing one way ball valves in the filler pipes =
to
keep fuel from running out of the tank in the event the vehicle flips =
over
in a crash (and presumably the gas cap fails). =20

I'm not sure exactly what's in my filler pipe, but I'm sure I can't get =
a
hose of any reasonable size in there to transfer fuel.  I guess I'll =
have to
go back to the idea of having a separate tank I can put in the bed as
needed. =20

Cheers,
Rusty (still working on the W&B numbers)