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« Last post by Tom H on July 11, 2025, 06:14:52 AM »
The questions about which rubber engine mount isolator we used caused me to dig further. I looked at my photos and dug through the boxes of stuff related to the LE build.
I found one new Lord mount, still in the ACS bag with a tag. Lord #CB 2201-12. Current ACS price $42.85/ea. I have attached a pic of this mount pulled apart with notes that show the markings on the rubber parts.
Then I found a tag on an empty ACS bag for a Barry mount, Barry #22001-12, yellow/white. Current ACS price $10.50/ea. I am 99% sure this is the mount we used on the Verner. Pic of that one also attached.
I also found some notes that came from Les Homan years ago, and he says use a Barry #22001-12, yellow/white medium hardness.
I looked at McMaster-Carr and found that they sell these type mounts, but not by name brand Lord or Barry.
Hope that helps anyone looking for mounts.
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Eeeks! They just reused my fittings and o rings. They appeared to be fine. You'll be dealing with converting AN to metric, though. Shirley  it can be done. Hang in there.. I had a cosmic half hour flight last night.. T shirt and shorts, smooth air, and the little Verner just humming away. Life is good.. 
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« Last post by Brock on July 10, 2025, 05:17:20 PM »
Tom thanks so much for the very comprehensive explanation about your engine mount.... If you can happen to recall the source for the oil tank kit let me know
I'm thinking of using this tank from ' SandStorm'. They responded quickly to my email about asking if they do custom work...they do.
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« Last post by Brock on July 10, 2025, 05:05:11 PM »
Chuck, with the prompting of your pictures above I pulled that hose off my still dry V3. Wow, what a cheap hose and fittings! The new hose feels loose in the braid. Kinda like those plastic braids that are used to dress up hoses under a car hood. And the fittings! The pictures are exactly what they looked like when I removed them. What kind of fittings are those? I've not seen anything like them. Did your hose guys have any problem matching them? I'm tempted to pull the fittings then go on with Aluminum AN fittings, THEN remake the hose. What do you think?
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« Last post by Kamcoman77 on July 10, 2025, 08:44:34 AM »
3.85 per foot in August 2018. 3.65 per foot in December 2018. Most of my tubing was 0.035 x 5/8. Did not buy any 1/2" after 2018. In January 2019, 0.035 x 5/8 4130 was $4.13 per foot. In March of 2019 it went up to $4.35 per foot. In January of 2020 it was still $4.35. That is the last time I bought 0.035 x 5/8 tubing.
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« Last post by Tom H on July 10, 2025, 08:04:43 AM »
Chuck, mfg Barry makes similar mounts, too.
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« Last post by Tom H on July 10, 2025, 07:34:51 AM »
Jack, I do not know the source of the oil tank kit. One of the guys came in with it one day. Overall, it was too thick and heavy, but I used the cylinder anyway. The original end caps were dished, thick aluminum, which I did not use. Instead, I made new flat end caps with thinner alum sheet.
Chuck, I don't think the isolators were from McMaster-Carr. They could be Lord mounts. I remember we had a couple choices on hand, and they had a color code on them. ACS shows some Lord isolators for ultralights in their on-line catalog. I choked when I saw they were priced $30-$45 each. If you search on internet for two piece rubber isolators, many other options are available.
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« Last post by Paul_B on July 10, 2025, 07:15:33 AM »
Thanks for the info. Do you know what the price for 1/2"x0.035 was back in 2019?
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« Last post by Kamcoman77 on July 09, 2025, 06:49:09 PM »
All my 4130 tubing for an XL cost me $1057 from ACS. I started buying tubing in 2018 and my last purchase was in late 2024. No shipping charges since I live 30 minutes from ACS.
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