Fuel Flow transducer installation

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Bruce Fenstermacher
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Re: Fuel Flow transducer installation

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mmcmillan2 wrote: Thu Mar 07, 2024 11:33 pm Are y’all still running the glass gascolators? That’s what I have on mine.
I would be if I still had my 170. I have the same amount of fear in an accident the thick glass cylinder would break as I do a metal can would be dented or deformed, breaking the seal and leaking gas all the same.
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I still have the glass. I like being able to see if anything has made it to the screen.
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Still have the glass (pyrodex) gascolator. Love it.
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I had the glass bowl and was happy with it until it became difficult to get a gasket to seal the bowl without weeping. I them converted to the Steve's gascolator and it's working just fine.
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Re: Fuel Flow transducer installation

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Aircraft Spruce sells very good quality gaskets which work good and last a long time and are very inexpensive: They are labelled for gas cap gaskets…but they are correct for original gascolators and oil filler cap gaskets also. https://www.aircraftspruce.com/catalog/ ... ckkey=8058

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