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Originally Posted by rsrguy
My guess.. . The schmutz is likely fuel lube. Is it super viscous and difficult to clean, even with solvent? If so it's fuel lube, the valve was assembled with it.
In your shoes I'd likely machine the lever that came with the valve down to the interior diameter of the appropriate length and diameter of 4130... it'll likely handle the torque required to change the lever position with less torsional flex between you and the valve.
Why was I under the impression that the valve was originally located between your legs in the canoe?
As far as diving goes several spear fish flaming gorge, and blue lake .... blue lake has tilapia. We have sea base as well as homestead crater, not exactly monterrey but it'll keep a diver current. No mater how you slice it here or in Placerville your still going to need to travel in an aluminum and composite disease tube for the good dives..
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Thanks RS,
So does that mean (it is recommended) I not clean it out before install, or should (is it recommended)I try to delicately wipe the excess out. The new valve does have the Teflon internals. I am just wondering your thoughts….. I know it is a slippery slope when someone asks such questions. Aviation folks understand the disclaimer.[emoji6]
In the beginning, as you mentioned, per the plans I am suppose to turn down the brass shaft by using emery cloth and taking it down .001” to remove just enough to allow the brass rod to slide into the alum tube. Everyone seems to talk-up the Allen fuel valve for a food upgrade which is great. However, all I hear is crickets when I ask about a viable solution to the shorter Allen control rod as shown in my earlier pic. The only proper way to extend it, in my mind would be to have a small stainless plug/rod TIG welded to the end, and then it turned down to the proper diameter to allow it to slide inside the alum tube. I would need to disassemble the Allen valve and remove the stainless control rod in order to have the shaft extended. That seems like a whole lot of extra work….. [emoji2371] jury is still out.
The simplest would be to just use the original replacement, I guess.
You are not too far off on the valve location. The LongEZ is the model that has the fuel valve between the legs on the floor of the fuselage. It was this fuel valve that was relocated and placed in a different location (deviation from the original plans) that contributed to the fatal accident with John Denver. The VariEZ(our model) has the fuel valve in a location aft of the passenger seat in a “Hellhole”. The torque tube controls the tank selection via a small lever I have under my forearm. Full right, valve is closed, full left, fuel is on and is supplied to the engine via a gravity fed system like a C-150. Lever straight up, you are running on a 2.5 gallon header tank. With the lever straight up, your arm is resting against the lever, therefore there is no way in the known universe the pilot could not no they were running on the header tank. The tank is only designed to be used in certain situations.
Thanks for the tips on diving. And time you get to blow bubbles is a good day. Traveling on the fart-tube is always a PITA when transporting our dive gear.
Back on point of the thread topic. NERD ALERT!
This project falls under the strange and unusual. If you have a fear of bugs, stop reading now and switch over the the cat thread.
A few years ago while working the property, I came a cross two brown looking worms. They were actually baby alligator lizards. I built a terrarium with an all you can eat big bar. After they both passed on, I had a bunch of Dubia roaches(food) left over plus a load still in the tank when I cleaned it out. Dubia roaches area high protein food staple for reptiles, birds, amphibians, other animals and big spiders. Here locally, you can only buy 8 for $1.00 and only $5.00 worth. So I figured I could try to build a colony with my left over stock. My colony is slowly growing but since we do not have constant warm temps, it has slowed down.
It’s pretty much a hands off project, but does require some work.
Here is a female, small wings
Male, large wings. Ratio is one male to eight-ten females. That are flightless as well.
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