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Old 08-23-2005 | 08:47 PM
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Default RE: well crashed my trainer.....


ORIGINAL: red head

Seeing that you just fixed it after a crash you may want to double check that the clunk in your tank is still where it belongs. Sometimes in a crash they will flip forward and end up cutting of the fuel flow. Just empty the tank completly and hold the plane up and jiggle it around-- you should be able to hear the clunk hitting the sides of the tank, if you don't then you need to check a bit farther into the tank. ENJOY !!! RED


You never did say where Misery Mo is ????
I've seen this happen on more than one occasion. A good way to prevent the clunk from flipping forward is to put a piece of stiff tubing on the line going from the tank stopper to the clunk. You can either put a piece of brass tubing in the line itself, or you can slip a soda straw over the outside of the existing line. Either way will make the line stiff enough so that it can flip forward. You want to make sure you leave some regular fuel line on it though so that the clunk can still move around the tank.

Hope this helps

Ken
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