Hi Ian I hope spring in Australia is nicer than fall in Ontario.
(we've already had our first snow storm about 2 months early)
I started with the standard Murphy sight gauges and venting. Each side
separate and a vent hole at the back of the fuel filler neck. I then
added the cross vent that came as a service bulliten a few years ago
after an incident where all the fuel in one tank siphoned out the vent
in the other tank on a plane bound for Oshkosh. The cross vent tees
into the top sight gauge fitting replacing the origional elbow
fitting. I've had trouble with the engine quitting when cranking and
banking with low fuel so a couple years ago I blocked off the vents in
the filler necks and added a ram air vent tube sticking up out of the
wing root fairing. At the same time I changed all the plastic fittings
and rubber hose to aluminum tubing and flare fittings. My fuel system
works very well now and if I hold a wing up just a bit I can fly till
it is completly dry . The sight gauges slosh up and down a bit but if
you watch for not very long you can average the sloshes out to see how
much is there. I've read that the sloshing can be dampened by
partially blocking the lower fitting But I haven't bothered trying
that yet. I'm usually looking for fuel when I get down to 25 litres in
my last tank anyways.
Drew

G'day Drew


Despite my best efforts I cannot get the sight gauges in my Rebel to work
well.

Would it be possible for you to give me a description of how you did it, or
even better, a sketch would be nice!

thanks and regards

Ian Donaldson



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My murphy rebel uses clear sight gauges. The bottom outlet has to be
: separate from the fuel line not just tee'd in. Use tygothane for the
: sight tube as most other plastic lines will discolour and go brittle
: in no time flat.





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My murphy rebel uses clear sight gauges. The bottom outlet has to be
separate from the fuel line not just tee'd in. Use tygothane for the
sight tube as most other plastic lines will discolour and go brittle
in no time flat.