Installing The Stopper Assembly; Fuel Tank Installation - Pheonix Model Cessna 182 Instruction Manual

Cessna 182 svale 1:5 1/4 arf 1.20
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ENGINE INSTALLATION
INSTALLING THE THROTTLE PUSHROD HOUSING
1. Install the engine mount into the fire wall using
4mm x 25mm screw.
2. Place the engine into the engine mount and
align it properly with the front of the cowling.
The distance from the firewall to the front of the
engine thrust washer should 145mm.
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If your engine is equipped with a remote needle
valve, we suggest installing it into the engine at
this time.
3. Slide the pushrod housing through the hole in
the firewall, through the hole in the forward
bulkhead, and into the servo compartment.
4.
Apply a couple of drops of thin C/A to the
pushrod housing where it exits the firewall and
where it passes through the forward bulkhead.
This will secure the housing in place.
5. Using a modeling knife, cut off the nylon pushrod
housing 26mm in front of the servo tray.

FUEL TANK installation

INSTALLING THE STOPPER ASSEMBLY

1. The stopper has been pre-assembled at the
ESC
2. Using a modeling knife, cut one length of silicon
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3. Carefully bend the second nylon tube up at a 45
4. Carefully bend the third nylon tube down at a 45
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Battery
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5. Test fit the stopper assembly into the tank. It
6. When satisfied with the alignment of the stopper
7. Using a modeling knife, cut 3 lengths of fuel line
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CESSNA 182
factory.
fuel line (the length of silicon fuel line is
calculated by how the weighted clunk should
rest about 8mm away from the rear of the tank
and move freely inside the tank). Connect one
end of the line to the weighted clunk and the
other end to the nylon pick up tube in the
stopper.
degree angle (using a cigarette lighter). This
tube will be the vent tube to the muffler.
degree angle (using a cigarette lighter). This
tube will be vent tube to the fueling valve.
When the stopper assembly is installed in the
tank, the top of the vent tube should rest just
below the top surface of the tank. It should not
touch the top of the tank.
may be necessary to remove some of the
flashing around the tank opening using a
modeling knife. If flashing is present, make
sure none of it falls into the tank.
assembly tighten the 3mm x 20mm machine
screw until the rubber stopper expands and
seals the tank opening. Do not over tighten the
assembly as this could cause the tank to split.
150mm long. Connect 2 lines to the 2 vent
tubes and 1 line to the fuel pickup tube in the
stopper.

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