Then do what I did-------------unscrew the draincock on the gascolator and make up a hose that relocates it somewhere near the bottom of the fire wall, I access it through the bottom of the cowl where the hot eng air is vented to the outside.
Ken Wiltrout Kutztown, Pa ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry H." <lah...@yahoo.com> To: <kr...@mylist.net> Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:38 AM Subject: KR> WATER IN FUEL > > My only dissadvantage is that I can only check the gascolator (mounted > on > firewall) when the cowl is off. > Bill and 431768 GA > > Hi Bill, > I remember some of the older planes, might have been 60s model Cessna 150s > that had gascolators you could drain with a handle in the cockpit. It was > a > mechanism that was spring loaded and then had a flex line going into the > cabin. I don't remember for sure but I think they were mounted underneath > the instrument panel on the side wall. I have also seen some that have a > knob you can reach inside of the oil check access door. Since it may be a > problem to take the cowling off to check yours before flight you may want > to > look at some of the old airplane junk yards and see if you can find one of > these so you can place a lever/handle some place that is easy for you to > pull to drain your gascolator before flight. > Larry H. > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html >
