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Christmas came early for me... Here is the loot I got, man am I ever blessed by God!

Two super nice vents from Stein:


A new ratcheting crimper frame from Stein:


Along with a good set of insulated terminal dies and a good universal set of hex dies for coax all from Stein:





An open barrel pin crimp tool from Stein:


Insertion/extraction tools from Stein:





And a machined pin d sub crimper from Stein:


Tail Lynx kit for the tailwheel from Van's:

Fuel Valve Lever from Vans:



Fuel Valve Legend Plate from Vans:



Quick Drain from Vans:



Couple cans of safety wire from Vans:


Two stick grips from Ray Allen:

Sweet Brian!! Hey, if you figure out how to install that Legend plate, let me know. I have it, but haven't figured out the best way to install it...

I will either just glue it down with a couple spots of pro-seal or will drill and tap the edges of it for a couple 4-40 screws from the backside....

I don't mean to keep this thread focused on the cover, but the bolts that hold the valve are in the way to get it to mount flush...I have the cover, and will use it, but I haven't figured out how to mount it flush yet...

Thread creep??? Who cares??? I don't, leads to good discussion..

Actually mine was backordered so I don't actually have it to look at but I was under the impression that there was a relief cut on the backside so that this thing would sit over the bolts that hold the valve in place????

Is this not the case?

Mine isn't relieved (I'll double check tho)... If yours is, I'm gonna have to ask Van's about mine...

I think I'm getting several of those electrical/avionics tools on Thursday as well...

Here's a pic of Carl's sitting on top of the valve plate...



I suppose one could locate the bolts on the bottom of the plate, and carefully drill relief's for them...

Here is a pic of what they are suppose to look like or so I thought.... This was posted on the VAF by the guy that makes these things.

Hmm...interesting. I'll take a look at mine at lunch, and take a pic of it to post...I'm nearly 100% sure mine doesn't look like that.

Here is the thread where the pic was....

http://www.vansairforce.com/community/s ... aerogizmos

Well here's the back of mine...not relieved...

Brian, Nice bunch of goodies for your christmas stocking. Looks like a bunch of the stuff I put on my list, except my list never got sent to santa. Oh well maybe the easter bunny will be good to me.

For your fuel selector plate install. you could locate the holes, by back drilling and then countersinking the plate from the face and installing 2 counter sunk allenhead screws. OR a relief cut on that plate shouldn't take more than 5 minutes on the lathe.

Merry Christmas to all

At least it's red Chad.

Dang, you got there first with that comment

Nice score Brian! I could really use all of those wiring crimpers / pin extractors. If they go missing by xmas morning.....it wasn't me!



I don't think I have any RV related xmas gifts coming my way. I have pretty much everything but some misc wiring and the ACK 406Mhz ELT. Neither of which make for very exciting gifts. I guess I will just have to be happy with the .45 ACP hand cannon I got!

No jam nuts on those 90 degree AN fittings Chad?

TomNativeNewYorker wrote:No jam nuts on those 90 degree AN fittings Chad?

Jam nuts? Why? They are NPT pipe threads...

cjensen wrote:

TomNativeNewYorker wrote:No jam nuts on those 90 degree AN fittings Chad?

Jam nuts? Why? They are NPT pipe threads...

I am just used to seeing jam nuts on fittings like that. fuel oil or hydraulic plumbing?

Hmm...they are fuel line fittings, sealed with Tight Seal. They are the same fittings used on all FWF stuff, and no jam nuts are used there either...