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A thought. If ever any one has been in the habit of using one of those large felt "hat" type fuel filters that fit in large funnels when refuelling, I would suggest discontinuing the practice. I have seen the elbow fitting into the carb of J3 Cubs completely plugged up with years of accumulation of the fibres. After three forced landings same day [ on floats thank God ] microscope proved where the fibres came from. Very bad stuff.
I switched to a very fine weave stainless steel screen many moons ago. No problem since.
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From: Ed Burkhead
Date: 06/26/06 09:54:29
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Ctech
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Eliacim,
The symptoms are not the same, but . . .
I had fibers from my not-a Brackett air filter come loose from the filter
and clog the small air passages inside the Stromberg carb.
My A&P took it off the plane, disassembled it, cleaned all the passages and
put it back together in somewhere between an hour and an hour and a half.
Stromberg carbs have some small air passages related to the mixture control.
These lead to the mixture control assembly which has a fixed (removable)
plate and a moving plate with many holes. This can be easily disassembled
and cleaned. I once heard it's advisable to strop the two plates together
with a stropping compound to get a smoother fit but I don't know for sure
about that.
Anyway, the point is that these air passages can get clogged without the
carb being touched.
Ed Burkhead
ed -at- edburkhead???.com (change -at- to @ and remove "???")
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