Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:55:14 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from sccrmhc11.comcast.net ([204.127.202.55] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2) with ESMTP id 378450 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:11:03 -0400 Received-SPF: none receiver=logan.com; client-ip=204.127.202.55; envelope-from=edechazal@comcast.net Received: from cc1860069a (pcp09040864pcs.rocsth01.mi.comcast.net[69.244.182.42]) by comcast.net (sccrmhc11) with SMTP id <2004082600103301100c2m64e>; Thu, 26 Aug 2004 00:10:33 +0000 X-Original-Message-ID: <019001c48b00$d2bed880$6401a8c0@rocsth01.mi.comcast.net> From: X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" References: Subject: Re: VM fuel sensor flakey X-Original-Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 20:08:32 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_018D_01C48ADF.4B6273E0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_018D_01C48ADF.4B6273E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable After flying in rain, I lost the left sensor reading. Then flying in = more rain, I lost the right reading too. It was quite a rainy weekend. = Fortunately the center tank reading never wavered. I took off/landed in = rain but can't remember if the loss of readings happened after the gear = was down in rain or not. A few days later, both readings came back. = Since I have unsealed connectors in the wheel well, I've just attributed = the problem to water getting into the connectors. I have not yet tried = sealing the connectors to see if that would help. =20 I have an automatic fuel transfer system based on center tank float = switches, but losing the center tank fuel level reading would be a = problem nonetheless. Ed de Chazal "nice 360 for sale" ------=_NextPart_000_018D_01C48ADF.4B6273E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

After flying in rain, I = lost the left=20 sensor reading. Then flying in more rain, I lost the right reading = too. It was quite a rainy weekend. Fortunately the center = tank=20 reading never wavered. I took off/landed in rain but can't = remember if the=20 loss of readings happened after the gear was down in rain or not. = A few=20 days later, both readings came back. Since I have unsealed = connectors in=20 the wheel well, I've just attributed the problem to water getting into = the=20 connectors. I have not yet tried sealing the connectors to see if = that=20 would help.

I have an automatic = fuel transfer=20 system based on center tank float switches, but losing the center tank = fuel=20 level reading would be a problem nonetheless.

Ed de = Chazal

"nice 360 for=20 sale"

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