"I'm told that, should I go mogas, I need to worry about the needle in my Stromberg carb, as there is a tiny chance it could be tipped with neoprene, which I understand the mogas would bugger. "
This is a myth. Mogas is aggressive as 100LL. If your plane survives 100LL, it can handle Mogas, as long as it is free of alcohol. More about the subject here: http://ercoupe.info/index.php/Main/Carburetion Hartmut www.ercoupe.info ----- Original Message ----- From: "James B. Brennan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Hartmut Beil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "ERCOUPE TECH" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 01, 2008 6:13 AM Subject: Re: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Plastic Gas Cans > A reliable source informs me that metallic petrol cans are no longer > available at the local home & auto store (what about surplus Jerry > cans?????). I was critical about all the jive about plastic cans while > I have 2 steel 5 gal. monkeys ("Eagle Gassers") in my garage [obviously > I'm 100 LotsaLead, but considering mogas]. I would have to guess that > if you don't feel like buying WWII (or later) Jerry (METAL) cans and > insist on plastic, the sum of all the comments seems to be to use a > kind of spider ground wire: an alligator to the ground if at all > possible, another to the airframe, another to the end of the filler > spout and, well, if there are more, it would be up to the owner where > to clip them (not a solicitation for locations). > > For my part, I'm told that, should I go mogas, I need to worry about > the needle in my Stromberg carb, as there is a tiny chance it could be > tipped with neoprene, which I understand the mogas would bugger. If I > leave my panel fuel switch on by accident (it took once to get my mind > right), I lose 1/2 to 1 gal. petrol a week leaking past the float > needle valve. Is this enough to assume I have a steel needle and not > the dreaded neoprene, and so would be "safe" with mogas (I know a > supplier who could definitively tell me)? > > Beach Brennan > > WST ('46 C-type) > >
