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Re: Refueling Isolator valve [message #63355 is a reply to message #63329] Sat, 07 November 2009 09:47 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
jwillard is currently offline  jwillard   United States
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I'll keep looking but I can't find any pictures of my install. I know I took a bunch when I was putting it together but I can't locate them.

Those valves from that outfit look plenty cool but I'll bet they're pricy. The other issue is size. If you've never taken the fuel tanks out you can't imagine how tight things are up there. The amount of "stuff" inside that frame rail is amazing. Brake lines, wirings, fuel vent hoses and large fill pipe.

I went on ebay and found this...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/DC-9-Aircraft-Fuel-Check-Valve-Gladden-P-N-416090-1_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQhashZitem4ceb5c32dfQQitemZ330366202591QQptZMotors Q5fAviationQ5fPartsQ5fGear

I can't tell sizes from the picture though. My valve had similar flanges on the ends and used O-rings to seal them. I made steel plates with hose nipples for the fuel pipe. Then installed it with chunks of hose and clamps so i could rotate it to make it fit inside the framerail. This valuse looks like a rotary type and mine was a slide gate type. The actuator mechninsium was fairly flat and stuck out from the side about 4 inches and had a lever that a cable would connect too. I removed the lever and connected it to the Air Cylinder.


Jeff Willard
Silver City, NM
1973 ex-Glacier
 
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