Bubblehead
Well Known Member
The only near emergency I have ever had was from a fuel valve not being properly positioned. Yes, by me! The slop in the valve, poor detent mechanism, and poor location of the valve made it very difficult to get it in the right spot. Ever since then I have been picky about fuel valves.
When I bought N247TD last summer, one of the first things put on the "to do" list was replace the stock fuel valve with an Andair unit. I found postings here on VAF, and checked out websites by Jeff Preou, Kevin Horton, Mick in Switzerland, GAPilot, and others. My thanks to everyone who posted information and shared their ideas.
As good as thoe ideas were, it seemed there could be a better way. Take a look at the pictures, and in the next post I'll explain the process. Click on the pictures for a larger view.
Andair and stock valves:
Subpanel:
Subpanel with fuel valve:
Subpanel with fuel valve - rear view. The Andair needs two 45 degree male-female swivels, not just one as shown. The 45 degrees and the swivel function makes it much easier to hook everything up.
New left fuel line (front) with old one (rear)
When I bought N247TD last summer, one of the first things put on the "to do" list was replace the stock fuel valve with an Andair unit. I found postings here on VAF, and checked out websites by Jeff Preou, Kevin Horton, Mick in Switzerland, GAPilot, and others. My thanks to everyone who posted information and shared their ideas.
As good as thoe ideas were, it seemed there could be a better way. Take a look at the pictures, and in the next post I'll explain the process. Click on the pictures for a larger view.
Andair and stock valves:
Subpanel:
Subpanel with fuel valve:
Subpanel with fuel valve - rear view. The Andair needs two 45 degree male-female swivels, not just one as shown. The 45 degrees and the swivel function makes it much easier to hook everything up.
New left fuel line (front) with old one (rear)
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