OK, here's a puzzle for the creative thinkers. When we took Louise's airplane apart for the panel upgrade, we took the fuel valve handle off. This is RV-6, kit number 4, and the valve appears to be original - working fine, and I don't really want to change it (although I do have a brand new one in the box that came with my -8....I went with an Andair). As part of the upgrade, I bought one of the cool red handles so that I would no longer be confused by the HANDLE of the valve pointing at the tank in use (instead of the pointer end, as Orville and Wilbur intended!). I figured it would be easy - the instructions with the new handle are very clear how to identify which side the set screw goes in, based on the handle you have.
Now, the puzzle. The new, unused valve from Vans (about 3 years old) has a circular stem with one flat. The old, old valve has a circular stem - but the top is square. the handle can go on any which way! And we THINK that when we took it apart, we had it on the right tank - but I might have moved it. So....creative types....without a handle, and without burning five gallons of fuel to see which tank goes down, how do I figure out the position of the valve?
(There is probably an easy solution, but I have been on console two or threes midnight shifts in a row, and at meetings during the day, and I'm too tired to figure it out!
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Now, the puzzle. The new, unused valve from Vans (about 3 years old) has a circular stem with one flat. The old, old valve has a circular stem - but the top is square. the handle can go on any which way! And we THINK that when we took it apart, we had it on the right tank - but I might have moved it. So....creative types....without a handle, and without burning five gallons of fuel to see which tank goes down, how do I figure out the position of the valve?
(There is probably an easy solution, but I have been on console two or threes midnight shifts in a row, and at meetings during the day, and I'm too tired to figure it out!