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jon(at)email.net
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:17 am Post subject: intake screen

My air scoop intake cover screen could stand to be replaced... and before

I just go off to Home Depot and get some generic screen door material, I

thought I'd ask here if there's any wisdom/suggestions/knowledge I need to

have before doing this??



Thanks,

Jon

Ernie

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 513

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 7:31 am Post subject: intake screen

A friend of mine has this super simple but seemingly effective foam cover which fits over the stock CJ air screen. If your unit is structurally sound you could just fit this over it and be done. I'll ask him and post  since I've been meaning to buy  one for my airplane.  Nothing worse than changing your oil and finding grass seed in  there.

 

 Ernie 



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My air scoop intake cover screen could stand to be replaced... and before

I just go off to Home Depot and get some generic screen door material, I 

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rvfltd(at)televar.com
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:12 am Post subject: intake screen

Just a silly thought, but you might call me...,I have a few in stock.



Geeze Jon!



Always Yakin,

Doug Sapp 



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Ernie

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 513

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:24 am Post subject: intake screen

Do you have the foam filters too????

 

 Ernie



On 2/2/06, doug sapp <rvfltd(at)televar.com (rvfltd(at)televar.com)> wrote:[quote] --> Yak-List message posted by: "doug sapp" <rvfltd(at)televar.com (rvfltd(at)televar.com)>



Just a silly thought, but you might call me...,I have a few in stock.



Geeze Jon!

 

Always Yakin,

Doug Sapp



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rvfltd(at)televar.com
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:48 am Post subject: intake screen

Like  all things Yak there are a ton of opinions, mine is that you should tread  carefully with foam sock type filters, at best they do rob you of a inch or so  of MP, at the worst they can wad up and cause you big problems, Barry Hancock  reports that his foam filter recently restricted the airflow so badly that the  engine shut down on takeoff.  Don't know the particulars in his case, but I  personally wont use them.  

  

 

Always Yakin,

Doug Sapp   [quote]   --

Ernie

Joined: 11 Jan 2006
Posts: 513

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 8:59 am Post subject: intake screen

Do you know what brand he was using? My buddy, here has had no issues what so ever. My concern is that the stock filter box is great at filtering out rocks and boulders but nothing much smaller. I consistently find grass seed in my oil when I change it. If seeds can get by, then most certainly sand is getting in  there also. Since I havent got a spin on oil filter I''ve been changing my oil every 15 hours or so, to be on the safe side.

 

 Ernie

JBernier(at)dart.org
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:36 am Post subject: intake screen

Ernie

If you are getting grass seeds in the oil, you need to place a filter over the two pressure vents on top of the engine. But you are right. Sand will pose a problem with the screen/cheese grater filter. I took the screen filter off my plane and placed two foam tube filters at the rear of the intake structure. They become active in the Aux position. In the air at cruise speed I get the full ram affect, and on the ground I get clean air to the engine. But the foam has a problem if the engine backfires. It tends to burn. The heat from the exhaust does not bother the foam. So if I can be sure that it won't backfire, then its no problem. I'm looking for something like a K&N filter. But until then the foam will do the job.

Jim B 



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		  >> erniel29(at)gmail.com 02/02/06 10:58 AM >>>

Do you know what brand he was using? My buddy, here has had no issues what
	


so ever. My concern is that the stock filter box is great at filtering out

rocks and boulders but nothing much smaller. I consistently find grass seed

in my oil when I change it. If seeds can get by, then most certainly sand is

getting in  there also. Since I havent got a spin on oil filter I''ve been

changing my oil every 15 hours or so, to be on the safe side.



Ernie

david.a.rieder(at)honeywe
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Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 10:15 am Post subject: intake screen

Try:



http://www.brackettaerofilters.com/



You will have to call them and tell them what type aircraft and size screen

you have. Most the DVT guys use them.

rvfltd(at)televar.com
Guest

Posted: Thu Feb 02, 2006 11:46 am Post subject: intake screen

No I  don't carry the foam filters.

  

 

Always Yakin,

Doug Sapp  [quote]   --

N13472(at)aol.com
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Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2006 10:38 pm Post subject: intake screen

In a message dated 2/2/2006 8:49:53 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,  rvfltd(at)televar.com writes:

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		     Barry Hancock reports that his foam filter recently restricted the    airflow so badly that the engine shut down on takeoff.  Don't know the    particulars in his case, but I personally wont use them.     

    

	


 

 I have about 200+ hrs. on foam filter never had a problem did not notice  any difference in

 MP either. Note I use the one made by Brackett in KINGMAN AZ.   

 Tom Elliott  

CJ-6 NX63727

Sandy Valley  NV

3L2

702-723-1223

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