Tom: Skyport has a replacement plastic lens for the wing-root gauge for about $29. My Alon has the standard equipment wing-root gauge and I like it; it even seems to give realistic readings. Dry out the cork and coat it with spar varnish, get a new window, and you may be happy for evermore.
David Alon A-2 #035 N6359V Tom Laird-McConnell wrote: > > We had so many problems with the glass fuel gauge on my early model coupe > (ser578) breaking and leaking fuel into the cockpit that we put a plate over > it and put cork float gauges into the wing tanks, just like the header tank. > > Seems to work well, except for the the problem that the gauge shows empty > after 1/2 tank is gone. But since I have an O-200 with a fuel pump, I know > when the mains are gone because a red light comes on the dash to show that > the fuel pump is no longer pumping fuel. > > But I would like to figure out/find better float gauges. Anyone had the > same problem? > > -Tom > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of rich > Sent: Sunday, June 14, 1998 6:39 PM > To: Coupers > Subject: fuel tank gauge, > > My coupe has the aluminum fuel tanks and the left tank contains a fuel gage > that can be viewed by the pilot by looking down. I removed the gauge as > the gageglass was dirty and found that the whole shebang is rusted solid. > The only thing that can be salvaged is the cork and the indicator strip. I > have looked in Univair catalog and skyport but can't find any reference to > this fuel indicator. Does anyone have one for sale or know where they are > available. If I can't find one I will duplicate it in Stainless steel to > stop it from rusting in the future. > Richard > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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