Manual fuel transfer pumps

On Mar 14, 3:10*am, Ron Wanttaja wrote:
wrote:

How about this:http://tinyurl.com/b4ocs3

That actually shows promise....This pump you've
found might in fact be made of fuel tolerant material since it's
marketed as a fuel specific pump. It's cheap, simple, lightweight...
I'm going to have to get my hands on one and check it out. *Thanks for
bringing it to my attention. *I was ready to give in and go electric
but this would be great if it checks out.,

Go ahead and give it a shot (since it's cheap enough), but it looks like
the one I bought at Cabella's a year or so ago for tanking up my Fly
Baby. *Leaked like a sieve. *Gave up on it within 15 seconds.

A friend of mine used a marine bilge pump for years to fill his T-18,
AFAIK, he didn't have any problems with it. *This looks like what he was
using:

http://www.go2marine.com/product.do?no=86244F

They've even got an all-aluminum model for about a hundred bucks mo

http://www.thebosworthco.com/product...-H&Num=&S=1483

The manufacturer claims the pumps do not react to gasoline, but do not
recommend them for transferring fuel.

Ron Wanttaja

Thanks Ron, I've been wondering where all the marine pumps were
hiding!

These still seem a little large. I once saw a tiny little wobble pump
in a mooney mite that was exactly what I need. No luck sourcing those
however...