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wasone
 Post subject: A-26 engine oil
PostPosted: Wed May 12, 2010 5:37 pm 
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Can someone tell me if the A-26 has a oil shutoff from tank to the engines and if so is it electric or manual? thanks
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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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Not unless someone installed one, aftermarket.

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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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The feather switch on the panel of the B-25 cuts the fuel and oil if I remember right. Does the A-26 have this as well??
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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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The fuel valves on the B-25 are mechanical, not electrical, so the feather button only turns on the feather pump circuit.

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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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The original equipment on the A-26 is as Skymstr describes for the b-25.

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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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Roger that , I thought when the feathering switch is selected, it shut off everything firewall forward...
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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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That's OK Lynn, I'll be sure to let you know when the B-25 ground school is next February so you can get a refresher! :roll:

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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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bluehawk15 wrote:
That's OK Lynn, I'll be sure to let you know when the B-25 ground school is next February so you can get a refresher! :roll:


They still have the CF34's on them right??
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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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B25 start, 10% around the horn,.... :shock:

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Lynn Allen
 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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RickH wrote:
B25 start, 10% around the horn,.... :shock:


Yep, rotation, temp, oil pressure and start the clock...


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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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There's also no Oil cutoff on B-25s, unless installed aftermarket.

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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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On the B-25, the feather button feathers the prop. That's it.

The fuel shut off knob, on the panel, is pulled to shut off the fuel. It's not a POL shut off.

Side note: There's a WWII "How to fly a B-25" training film online that was made using an early model B-25 with the rear turret. It shows the fuel shut offs to be a pointing arrow type of knob that is turned a quarter turn to shut off the fuel. They were beside each other, but I couldn't tell the location in the plane from the video.

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 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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"Show Me!'s" fire pull mechanically shuts off the fuel and electrically shuts off the oil.

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B-25 MM Jim
 Post subject: Re: A-26 engine oil
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Any idea whose got the STC for it?

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