As an alternative, you can bore the five mounting holes and the probe hole and use a sealed nut ring on the inside of the tank. I made the ring out of scrap aluminum and riveted domed nut-plates to the ring and then epoxied the ring to the tank. The hole pattern may be similar to what cessna uses on their tanks which is not symmetrical. The probe will need to be clocked after bending/ before drilling mount holes. The bendable section will be the first few inches of the probe. Roger
---- Jeff Scott <jscott.planes at gmx.com> wrote: > It looks like the same thing as the Westach capacitance probe which is what > I've got in my KR. ?It has 5 holes for 3/16 screws and should come with a > square mounting plate and gasket. ?You bond the aluminum plate to the side of > the fuel tank where you want to mount the probe. ?The probe goes through a > hole in the center of the plate and the base mounts to the flange using 5 > 3/16 screws or bolts. ?I had problems with them weeping under the mounting > gaskets off and on until I finally sealed the gaskets with some west epoxy. > ?If you have an aluminum tank, you could weld or rivet the aluminum mounting > flange to the tank. ?The picture at > <http://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/inpages/westachSender.php> shows the > mounting flange (even though that particular unit is the older 12V version of > the probe). -Jeff Scott Los Alamos, NM <http://jeffsplanes.com> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Mark Langford > Sent: 07/19/13 06:12 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: KR> capacitance fuel level sender? > > KRNetHeads, > > I've finally finished up front-hinging the canopy (I'll work up a web page > over the weekend), and next on the list is adding a fuel level sender to > N891JF. I have a VDO 226-007 resistive sender, but am considering a > capacitance sensor as well. MGL sells one near the bottom of > http://www.mglavionics.com/html/infinity.html described as "Capacitance Fuel > Level Sender, Bendable, Cutable" . Is anybody familiar with this particular > unit, and might know the thread size or other mounting details? I have a call > in to MGL but have not heard back yet. I'm using an RDAC XF interface, and I > think either of these two would work, but am checking my options. > > Thanks a lot, > > Mark Langford > ML at N56ML.com > website at http://www.N56ML.com > -------------------------------------------------------- > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at http://tugantek.com/archmailv2-kr/search. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to KRnet-leave at list.krnet.org please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options
