While we are on the topic of fuel systems, I have a question. We received our 415-C back from it's annual inspection. The mechanic told me that in the future he would like to see me add quick drain valves to my wing tanks. Currently there is a solid plug that is saftey wired in the drain hole. I can find these quick drain Curtis valves from Univair, no problem. He also said I should replace the original glass bowl gasculator with a metal bowl gasculator that has the quick drain feature. I talked to the nice people at Univair and found out that they do not sell a "approved" quick drain gasculator for the Ercoupe. They had no idea if their was any stc for this. Have any of you fellow coupers installed a quick drain gasculator? It makes good sense from a safety stand point to be able to check fuel samples as part of each pre-flight!
Jeff Phelps N2749H Sidney, NE
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