PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-578

PS, The Preventative Maintenance Monthly

ISSUE 578

JANUARY 2001
PS Magazine - TB 43-PS-578 - Page 26 of 30
Plastic Fuel Cans . . .
f you have leakage around feed adapters used with your fuel cans, chances are
the adapter’s threads are stripped. Stop the damage with one of two new plastic
feed adapters. Suction feed, NSN 7310-01-455-3736, has a spring-loaded shut-
off coupler on the supply line that automatically stops the flow of fuel when
disconnected. Plus, when the can is tipped, the vent tube opening keeps fuel
from spilling.
The base of the suction feed adapter has a male fitting that mates with the
female opening on the can. When you order the suction feed adapter, there is a
female quick-disconnect
1
/
4
-in valve coupling that must be connected to the
1
/
4
-
in heater fuel line with a pipe-to-hose nipple, NSN 4730-01-230-3602.
The other adapter is gravity feed adapter assembly, NSN 7240-21-912-7162.
The base of this adapter also has a male fitting that screws into the fuel can. To
use this adapter, you must invert the fuel can and secure it in a cradle assembly,
NSN 7240-01-337-
Description
Color
5269
Fuel can
Olive drab
5268
Fuel can
Sand
5348
Cap
Sand
5349
Cap
Olive drab
5351
Strap, cap retainer
Sand
5352
Strap, cap retainer
Olive drab
5350
Gasket (rubber)
Black
9010
Flange
Olive drab
top the leaks in your AOAP vampire
pump, NSN 4930-01-119-4030, by replac-
ing the O-rings.
Note these NSNs for the correct O-rings
for your pumps:
AOAP . . .
Sampling Supplies
To mail your AOAP samples, use the
leak-proof mailing kit, NSN 8125-
01-193-3440. You’ll get 24 of the non-
aeronautical sampling bottles, mailing car-
tons and plastic shipping sacks.
Don’t need the mailing supplies? NSN
8125-01-082-9697 brings 120 sampling
bottles.
egad!
my cape is
ruined
! if only
i had
better
o-rings
.
Cap retainer
Gasket
Looking for
replacement parts
for your unit’s plastic
fuel cans, or the
cans themselves?
No need to look
further.
Flange
Pump with stand
NSN
NSN
Pump without stand
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