[f-AA] 13 galloon front tank aeronca 7ac champ

[Kyle]

Thanks, guys. I'll keep snooping around until I find it. Flying with my head 
out the window like a dog on the freeway was fine, in August. Not so fun 
now...Kyle
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Johnson" <n2064e at provide.net>
To: <aeronca at westmont.edu>
Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 9:27 AM
Subject: Re: [f-AA] 13 galloon front tank aeronca 7ac champ


> Kyle,
>
> I had the same problem and traced it to a very fine weep out of the fuel
> shutoff vale stem.  An o ring in the valve cured it.
>
> Scott
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: aeronca-bounces at westmont.edu [mailto:aeronca-bounces at westmont.edu] 
> On
> Behalf Of Kyle
> Sent: Monday, November 13, 2006 10:47 AM
> To: aeronca at westmont.edu
> Subject: Re: [f-AA] 13 galloon front tank aeronca 7ac champ
>
> Since we are talking some about fuel smells in the cockpit, I have one 
> that
> is driving me nuts. There was a little fuel around the glass in the gauge,
> so I grabbed the channel locks, and tried unsrewing it, without wrecking
> anything. No joy. I wound up putting some sealer around the lens, and no
> more fuel leak there. I still have a strong fuel smell inside. Never have
> seen a drip, or a damp spot. I even got clever, and sealed up the ring
> around the filler neck, where the rubber gasket was cracked, thinking it
> might be blowing fuel vapor back at me. No luck there, either. Any ideas 
> out
>
> there? I'd love to get that useless glass gauge out of there (might as 
> well
> be one of those bobble-headed rubber Elvis things), and then I could clean
> my tank out really well, with a shop vac, at the same time. I surely don't
> want to force it, and rip the neck off my tank! Thanks, Kyle
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: Darrell Meeks
> To: aeronca at westmont.edu
> Sent: Sunday, November 12, 2006 6:06 AM
> Subject: Re: [f-AA] 13 galloon front tank aeronca 7ac champ
>
>
> NC84028 has wire with a brass float. Pics at:
> http://www.myplaneonline.com/users/index.cfm?content=hp.cfm&userid=618
>
>
> Darrell Meeks
> ddhse at sbcglobal.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: dennis biro
> To: aeronca at westmont.edu
> Sent: Saturday, November 11, 2006 1:55 PM
> Subject: [f-AA] 13 galloon front tank aeronca 7ac champ
>
>
> how many in the group have a 7ac champ, that has a 13 galloon tank up 
> front
> WITH OUT THE FUEL GAGE???? and only use a float cork with the wire 
> sticking
> out the top for fuel reference??? denis
>
>
>
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