Return-Path: Received: from imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net ([205.152.59.69] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 3113941 for flyrotary@lancaironline.net; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:46:18 -0500 Received: from [68.211.242.56] by imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net (InterMail vM.5.01.06.08 201-253-122-130-108-20031117) with ESMTP id <20040323024617.RYWE1763.imf21aec.mail.bellsouth.net@[68.211.242.56]> for ; Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:46:17 -0500 User-Agent: Microsoft-Entourage/10.1.4.030702.0 Date: Mon, 22 Mar 2004 21:45:54 -0500 Subject: Re: [FlyRotary] fuel transfer pump ? From: Bulent Aliev To: Rotary motors in aircraft Message-ID: In-Reply-To: Mime-version: 1.0 Content-type: multipart/alternative; boundary="B_3162836754_84259184" > This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. --B_3162836754_84259184 Content-type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit On 3/22/04 9:43 PM, "Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> wrote: > Greetings, > > Actually, I'm asking about a pump to transfer fuel from my new truck's 34 > gallon tank, to the plane. Being able to measure the amount of fuel > transferred would be a real bonus. Someone told me that Wick's had one, but I > never could find it online. Anyone know of such a pump? I'm sure I can > cobble something together, but if there's one already made to do this, I would > probably go that route. Being able to run 87 octane is going to be one of the > benefits of getting rid of the turbo. > > On another fuel note, I was complaining earlier about my 2-stroke oil > separating from the fuel, but I think I was mistaken. After 4 months, my oil > was still very well mixed in the plane, so I think the problem was that I > didn't get the oil mixed in the first place before. I had added the full > tank's worth of oil when it was basically empty. I figured that filling the > tank, and taxiing back to the hanger would mix it, but I guess it didn't. I > now believe that mixing it well the first time is the key. > > Cheers, > Rusty (filling that 34 gallon tank will be painful) > Rusty, go to www.northerntool.com and look for fuel pumps. They have many different ones. Bulent --B_3162836754_84259184 Content-type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Re: [FlyRotary] fuel transfer pump ? On 3/22/04 9:43 PM, &qu= ot;Russell Duffy" <13brv3@bellsouth.net> wrote:

Greetings,
Actually, I'm asking about a pump to transfer fue= l from my new truck's 34 gallon tank, to the plane.  Being able to meas= ure the amount of fuel transferred would be a real bonus.  Someone told= me that Wick's had one, but I never could find it online.  Anyone know= of such a pump?  I'm sure I can cobble something together, but if ther= e's one already made to do this, I would probably go that route.  Being= able to run 87 octane is going to be one of the benefits of getting rid of = the turbo.
On another fuel note, I was complaining earlier a= bout my 2-stroke oil separating from the fuel, but I think I was mistaken. &= nbsp;After 4 months, my oil was still very well mixed in the plane, so I thi= nk the problem was that I didn't get the oil mixed in the first place before= .  I had added the full tank's worth of oil when it was basically empty= .  I figured that filling the tank, and taxiing back to the hanger woul= d mix it, but I guess it didn't.  I now believe that mixing it well the= first time is the key.
Cheers,
Rusty (filling that 34 gallon tank will be painful)


Rusty, go to www.northerntool.com and look for fuel pumps. They have many d= ifferent ones.
Bulent --B_3162836754_84259184--