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For once, I know a little about the subject. My Forney's original got cracked and I flew home 25 miles with a rag soaking up the leakage. The original had a bulge in it, because the black disk inside that the F- - E scale peeks through was contoured to the curvature of the scale. I took that out and found that a flat lens would work as well as a convex one. So I made a flat replacement for the metal disk out of 1/16 aluminum and a new lens out of plexiglass. That worked for awhile until I realized one day that the plex was de-laminating from the constant presence of gasoline. I re-made a new plex lens, but also made a second lens at the same time from the plastic from a 2 liter Pepsi bottle which is too thin to go it alone. I have found that stuff immune to everything. I used the Pepsi plastic as a barrier to keep the gas from getting to the plex. Seems fine now. I made new gaskets from the rubber/cork gasket material you can buy almost anywhere. Dick in NM. ----- Original Message ----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [email protected] Sent: Monday, September 23, 2002 10:08 AM Subject: [COUPERS-FLYIN] Re: Digest list: Ercoupe Hangar Flying ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- I Need info on rebuilding the inside fuel gage on left wing tank of a 1966 ALON #221. It is leaking and the gage face is discolored. Unvair said good luck on finding parts including gaskets. Aircraft spruce the same. I am going to try Skport next. Is there anyone out there with a known parts source for this item or has had this problem and came up with a repair fix. Please contact me . at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Also need to know where the fuel level in the tank needs to be in order to remove the gage for inspection with out causing a fuel spill Thanks in advance for any input Bob Bullock N5621F Maryland ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ====================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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