I finished my plane, filled the tanks with fuel and fired it up. All is good except I'm not getting any "reading" from my fuel tank sensors. Checked both sides with an Ohm meter and I get about 247 ohms.......with no change whether the tanks are full or empty. The local experts think I may have installed them upside down.
Looks like I'll have to remove the sensors and see whats wrong. Has anybody removed the sensors without removing the wing or without removing the fuel tanks? Can it be done in the small gap between the wing root and the fuselage sides?
Any suggestions?
Garry Stout
RV-7A
Odessa, Florida
Fuel Tank Foat Sensor Removal
I know this is not a direct fix for your problem, but I will relate it anyway. Make and Oak dowl stick for your tanks and always check the fuel level in the wings manually regardless of what your gauges read.
My flight instructor bought a Cessna Aerobat at the Auburn airport. The fuel read full. At climb out he lost the engine at 800', there was a fairway dead ahead but golfers were right in the middle of it. He jiggled the wings back and forth with the yoke and the engine caught fire briefly, he just made it over an electrical line and landed in the field on the other side.
His recommendation. Always use and Oak stick to check the fuel level.
My flight instructor bought a Cessna Aerobat at the Auburn airport. The fuel read full. At climb out he lost the engine at 800', there was a fairway dead ahead but golfers were right in the middle of it. He jiggled the wings back and forth with the yoke and the engine caught fire briefly, he just made it over an electrical line and landed in the field on the other side.
His recommendation. Always use and Oak stick to check the fuel level.