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Kevin,

We are looking for a C-97 oil transfer pump for FIFI. Do you still have the oil transfer system? Or, if anyone has an idea of a pump we can use. Bottom line we need a low pressure, high volumn, 24VDC pump. I was told the C-118 also had an oil transfer system.

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The Connie also had an oil transfer system.

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We still have the transfer system. We plan on using it....often! :shock:

I will seee what I can dig up.

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What about a feather pump?

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Thats what we have now but the duty cycle is only 30 seconds. We use ours to suck a barrel of oil dry and then transfer to the engines. It can take a while.
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Do you guys still have any of the oil transfer pumps that were in the C-97 that Gary has the cockpit of?

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Airlift48 wrote:
Do you guys still have any of the oil transfer pumps that were in the C-97 that Gary has the cockpit of?


To my knowledge, there is nothing there. I've looked through my stuff too and haven't found anything for them. I think the one that they put in FIFI when they made the oil transfer system several years ago was indeed the oil transfer pump from the airplane that I have the pieces of. That pump was replaced with a feathering pump (I think), which didn't last very long.

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Would a pre-oil pump like what is going on Ol'927 work for the transfer system since it's modified for longer cycles?
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Would a pre-oil pump like what is going on Ol'927 work for the transfer system since it's modified for longer cycles?


Not enough volume, I'm afraid.

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B29flteng

Remember the C-97 at Carswell we took the parts from as it was being disassembled a few years back. Any idea where it went? Maybe it had a transfer pump.

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That might be the one that is at the Grand Canyon branch of Planes of Fame. There is the wing section and 4 engines there. I saw this last summer.
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I would like some good idea's for a prelube pump setup. And some good idea's for the application port, other than the filter drain. Not accessable.
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Chief wrote:
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Remember the C-97 at Carswell we took the parts from as it was being disassembled a few years back. Any idea where it went? Maybe it had a transfer pump.

John


That 97 didn't have the pump, it was MIA. The Minn. ANG museum has a pump in their 97 I can have for trade of some 97 parts I have.
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How are things going on the '97?

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I would think by now the engine run up's would have been done.
Any news?
Hey if you need some volunteers, bring that strat back home to seattle.
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