Hi All... My Coupe came with the valve witness wired with copper wire, .020, I think, and it was saftied around the fuel tube itself.
Being an Airframe Technician by trade, I didn;t much like that, normally you dont use a fuel line as a standoff for lockwiring. I'm planning on taking a cushioned clamp and a drilled head fillister screw, self locking nut and apply it around the fuel line, and re witness wire the valve using the drilled head fillister screw. Sounds a bit extreme for copper witness wrire, but serves the purpose. Also works well for inconal and monel witness wire too, where you dont want to drill into a structure for a stand off. Cheers BobP --- In [email protected], John Cooper <j...@...> wrote: > > On 2/22/2010 8:19 PM, Donald wrote: > > Yeah, kinda worries me if a passenger gets to dancing his feet around over > > there, or you just get a "fiddler" for a passenger. > > > Accidentally turning off the wing tank valve leaves you with a dropping > header tank gauge and roughly an hour to figure it out. the valve > should be wired open with brass safety wire which can be broken in an > emergency. > > The Skyport wheel pants STC was originally the Kenney STC. > > -- > John > Skyport East > www.skyportservices.net >
