ON/OFF Fuel valves????

[AKCrate]

Does anyone know where I can find a legal ON/OFF fuel valve. I need two of them to control fuel from my wing tanks to nose. I have the old ones but they are in poor shape.

[wmfife]

Re: ON/OFF Fuel valves????

...When you find out I want one too. Somebody had installed an AIR VALVE on mine!

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: ON/OFF Fuel valves????

Steve, Don't trash the old ones. It can be a pain but they can be fixed and they are getting hard to find by the guys trying to go back to all original. On a REALLY bad one you can even select plate the interior parts and regrind the mating surfaces.
Hank
Don't ask what a plate and regrind costs!

[flybikefarm]

Re: ON/OFF Fuel valves????

Why not use a new valve like this one allowed by Aviat service bulletin. Much better valve and 21st century technoledge. Your A&P can get this field approved.

http://www.aviataircraft.com/pix/pbulletins/sb30.pdf

[wmfife]

Re: ON/OFF Fuel valves????

Why not use a new valve like this one allowed by Aviat service bulletin. Much better valve and 21st century technoledge. Your A&P can get this field approved.



http://www.aviataircraft.com/pix/pbulletins/sb30.pdf

Think I'm gonna order two. Original equip. is great when it's available and works but half these planes were built before jets were even in production. Avgas remains the more dangerous choice and, having worked with both kinds I prefer not to take chances I don't have to.

Thanks for that, George.

[partyofone]

Re: ON/OFF Fuel valves????

I have two new Imperial brass ones. Let me know if you're interested.

PM me here.

Erik

[Buell Powell]

Re: ON/OFF Fuel valves????

Does anyone know where I can find a legal ON/OFF fuel valve. I need two of them to control fuel from my wing tanks to nose. I have the old ones but they are in poor shape.

Would you be willing to sell the old valves after you find new ones? Someday when I re-cover my 41 I plan to add a left wing tank and would like to see if I can repair an old valve--or use the best parts from some old valves to make one good one.
Thanks,
Buell

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: ON/OFF Fuel valves????

They can be fixed Bill, but taint cheap.
Hank

[AKCrate]

Re: ON/OFF Fuel valves????

Thanks for all the information! I have modified my Tcraft quite a bit so I dont need the original equipment and field approvals havent been a problem so far. I would be willing to sell my old valves after I get the project finished and have tome to sort things out.

What is the cost of fixing the old valves just out of curiosity. Can it be done by ones self or does it take special equipment?

[AKCrate]

Re: ON/OFF Fuel valves????

erik What are you asking for the valves?

[Hank Jarrett]

Re: ON/OFF Fuel valves????

Cost to fix the valves will run from a couple of hours labor to take them apart and clean them to hundreds of dollars to have the bores select plated and reground
Hank

And I'm not talking about just a few hundreds! It's only worth it if you know plating and do it yourself. But then, some of us are just "plane" nuts. I redid the bores of my old Triumph brake and clutch masters, only to have aftermarket ones come out that were exactly the same as OE!