Return-Path: Received: from [64.45.218.220] (account ) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro WebUser 4.0b1) with HTTP id 1235665 for ; Sun, 12 May 2002 15:04:19 -0400 From: "Marvin Kaye" Subject: Re: LNC2 Hydraulics To: lml X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro Web Mailer v.4.0b1 Date: Sun, 12 May 2002 15:04:19 -0400 Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <01f401c1f9de$d0ef8aa0$a0495d41@a> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="ISO-8859-1"; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Posted for "Ian B. Crowe" : At any point in a hydraulic circuit the pressure should be the same as at any other point once the system has reached equilibrium. You can therefore put your gauge where it is most convenient for you to insert a fitting. My pump is on the RH side inside the cockpit on the fire wall. My gauges are in the horizontal portion of the central console. I picked up the feed for them from the HP and LP lines adjacent to the emergency "Dump Valve" The gauges are the same gauges Marv used, glycerin filled and good quality. If you need the supplier I can dig it out for you. Marv probably has it at his fingertips on one of his magic computers. Remember if you want to insert extra components you have extra leak points. Also isolating valves in gear system component lines are accidents waiting to happen. It is certain that one day one valve will get left closed somewhere. Paraphrasing Henry Ford, if you don't have them you can't leave them closed and they will not leak. A system with a single pressure and selector valve would have to have a way of returning the fluid in the other side of a double acting piston, to the pump reservoir. I suppose it is possible but the plumbing will be more complicated. My 4 cents worth as our Canadian dollar is only worth 60 cents US! Regards Ian Crowe [Reprinted from a post located in the archives, searched on kodiak controls... These are the gauges available from Kodiak Controls (630-629-3733), their part numbers are 7217U-2-8-1000 and 7217U-2-8-2000, are 1000psi and 2000psi fluid-filled gauges respectively, panel-clamp mount with 1/8npt male connections on the rear. ]