moosepileit
Well Known Member
Thank you for the side by side, Brian.
I spent the other morning at Tempest in Burlington, NC, watching oil filter production. They are going great guns, and getting them in the pipeline (as they have been doing for quite awhile!). The folks on the line were working like it is wartime - if you ned a filter here’s a shot that should make you happy….
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Of course, we’ll be doing some coverage in Kitplanes on how they build them!
Paul
How many "samples" were you able to obtain? I know; proprietary information!
I clean the elements in an ultrasonic cleaner and then dump the fluid from the ultrasonic cleaner through a couple of fine mesh paint strainers.
+1, Krea - would like to know which ultrasonic cleaner and cleaning solution you use.Curious as to what ultrasonic cleaner you use.
I'd be inclined to replace the magnet... part of the benefit of this filter is having the magnetic pickup built-in. I just received my K&P S16 and will be looking at how the magnet is retained. I may look at running a safety-wire over it as a retainer, or perhaps drilling and tapping for a pair of screws that would hold retaining washers on two sides... Then safety-wire the screws. There may be other methods as well.Gives me second thoughts about using this filter at all. At the very least I will discard the magnet and clean out the residual glue from the magnet mounting hole.
just received my K&P S16 and will be looking at how the magnet is retained
The magnet in the PCS4 filter is glued in place. At least mine was. The glue residue is visible in the hole the magnet fell out of. Also the magnet is quite loose in the hole when trying to re-fit it. So definitely not a press fit.
Chief Aircraft is showing out of stock for the Tempest AA48110-2. However Air Power Inc has 132 units.Tempest filters in stock, fast shipping.
It is either glued, or close tolerance pressed. In any case, if the magnet is present, no risk since it is located on the outside of the filter screen element.