{"id":194,"date":"2014-04-02T05:38:32","date_gmt":"2014-04-02T13:38:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=194"},"modified":"2014-04-02T05:55:50","modified_gmt":"2014-04-02T13:55:50","slug":"andair-fuel-valve-take-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/?p=194","title":{"rendered":"Andair Fuel Valve &#8211; Take Two"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wasn&#8217;t happy with the mounting plate and decided to remake it &#8211; simpler. \u00a0Found some stock and bent the edges over instead of riveting angles. \u00a0I don&#8217;t have a brake but I have a vise and a hammer \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0The new piece is not as wide and it attaches perpendicular to the fuselage skin instead of at an angle like the plans call for. \u00a0They do that because Vans valve is all wonky as far as where the connections are underneath and it makes the plumbing easier if it&#8217;s on an angle. \u00a0Spent two days on this little part, way too long.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1381.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-190\" alt=\"IMG_1381\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1381-700x525.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1381-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1381-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looks so much better, is lighter and probably stronger too. \u00a0The nutplates are attached directly to the valve. \u00a0The Andair valve is very well thought out even to the point of countersinking for the nutplate rivets.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1382.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-191\" alt=\"IMG_1382\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1382-700x525.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1382-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1382-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I cut the 1 inch hole with a good holesaw on the drill press.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1383.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-192\" alt=\"IMG_1383\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1383-700x525.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1383-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1383-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The two top screws are dimpled and the two bottom screws are countersunk.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1384.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-193\" alt=\"IMG_1384\" src=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1384-700x525.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1384-700x525.jpg 700w, http:\/\/tondu.com\/rv8a\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/IMG_1384-150x112.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wasn&#8217;t happy with the mounting plate and decided to remake it &#8211; 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