Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: "walt"
For both my projects a fellow builder/friend/glider instructor, made my fuel floats for me.A standard ping pong ball, drilled and epoxied to a SS wire.(epozy was from the Hardware store,,,Epoweld, or something like that)Then I drilled the cap and soldered in a vertical brass tube from the hobbie store.They never failed me. and has been soaking in gas since 2002.sorry for the fuzzy picswalt evansNX140DL________________________________________________________________________________

Original Posted By: Rick Holland
This morning was nice and warm, so went to the field to start up my Piet.Brought it outside, primed it 1 1/2 times pulled thru 6 blades with the mags off, left meg (impulse) on , first pull it was running.Oil pressure came right up and it sat there and purred for 10 minutes.What a beautiful engine. It was originally built somewhere in the early 40's (by the date etchings on the cyl. skirts)And here over 65 years later, it runs like a champ.Amazingwalt evansNX140DL________________________________________________________________________________Date: Sat, 20 Mar 2010 10:17:49 -0600Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Re: cork float