Johnsen,
You need a product called Speedflow. It is made in Australia, but is being
circulated further and further afield these days. You will note a UK
address as well. Expensive, but worth it, and lightweight aluminium. Very
high quality and used extensively in car racing.
Try
http://www.speedflow.com.au/
or
http://www.speedflow.co.uk/
Fittings required are either
Short Bulkhead 831-06
Straight Bulkhead 832-06
45 degree Bulkhead 837-06
90 degree Bulkhead 833-06
Bulkhead Nut 924-06
If you want to put your fuel pressure sender as far up towards the front
you could use a
Bulkhead Tee 834-06
Bulkhead Tee on Run 924-06
Nylon Washers (unsure what you would want these for) 903-06
On the cockpit side of things you now need:
Straight Hose End 401-06
45 degree Hose End 402-06
90 degree Hose End 403-06
These are push on fittings which have barbs for containment. Based on our
fuel system pressures, they will never blow off ! I used a crimp fitting,
a ring with 2 opposing bulbous sections in the circumference that you pinch
tighter with a set of wire cutters. This sounds contradictory to say you
won't blow off the hose and yet I have a secondary method of attachment,
but that is more for "Aviation best practice", to prove I know of it and
think it appropriate in my build. Butt covering really.
I don't think these fittings are ideally suited to the fuel line supplied
by Europa. There is a wide variety of product, but I used Aeroquip FC332
Textile Braid, Low Pressure, Socketless hose at about$10 US per metre. Good
hose. If you make good fittings on each end, the quality of the hose and
remanufacturing them is not such a big deal. This stuff will last a long
time. ACS sell a range, and the 666 series is popular amongst those that
don't know much about the bible :-)
I have a catalogue and if you have further troubles, I'm out here in the ether.
Reg
Tony Renshaw
You'll need a bulkhead fitting with the applicable
They
At 11:32 PM 10/12/2004, you wrote:
><carl@flyers.freeserve.co.uk>
>
>What you have sounds like a standard VDO sender (very similar to the oil
>pressure sender at the front of the engine). You will need to find a female
>coupling that will attach to a pipe connection - so that you can slide and
>secure the standard fuel hose over it . Best place to find is a hydraulic &
>hose supplier alternately I believe the necessary parts can be found in the
>Spruce and Speciality catalog.
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Johnsen, Svein K." <Svein.Johnsen@mossww.com>
>To: "Europa-List (E-mail)" <europa-list@matronics.com>
>Subject: Europa-List: Fuel pressure sender
>
>
><Svein.Johnsen@MossWW.com>
> >
> > I have the Grand Rapids Technologies Super EIS, with the LPS-02 fuel
>pressure sender (912S engine). I am not too familiar with these things, but
>to me it appears as if the sender is designed to be screwed into a block of
>some sort, or into the body of something to measure the pressure inside that
>"something".
> >
> > Anyone with the same pressure sender:
> >
> > - How did you connect it to the fuel system? Branching off from the hose
>between the mechanical pump and the carbs is obvious, but what type of
>connection did you use on the sender?
> > - Where did you install the sender, and what kind of fixture did you use?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Svein
> > A225 - now in Norway
> >
> >
>
>
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