Fuel Selector

[jeffmunday]

Hello,
Anyone out there installed the direct replacement fuel selector valve Aircraft Spruce sells for $600 (Part# 05-03407
MFR Model# U0411716-500)? Worth the money?

[6643]

Worth the money?

If you need a new fuel selector, there aren't a whole lot of options to choose from...

[V529]

Univair sells almost the same thing. Probably more money......

[7757]

My mechanic installed the new fuel selector in my plane after we sent the engine out for overhaul. So far, I've only done some engine runs and taxi testing on the ground; no flying just yet. While it is quite expensive, it is a huge improvement over the old fuel selector.

The detents are deep and strong. It takes some decent force to get the lever to move, so you know, for sure, when you have moved the lever to the next position. And between the detents, the motion is silky smooth. With my old fuel selector, I was always very slow and super careful because I could feel the binding and the galling as I was moving the lever. Every flight, I wondered if this would be the one where the lever broke and I would need vice grips to move the valve again. But I don't worry about any of that anymore.

So, yes, it was hard to swallow the cost, but now I have great confidence in my fuel selector.

-- Chris B

[6597]

So, yes, it was hard to swallow the cost, but now I have great confidence in my fuel selector.

Attached is Cessna's solution back in 2005 I think, not cheap and I wonder if anyone actually bought one of their 'kits'. Appears to be for the L-B-R-off valve. I think I saw how this was done and it was rather Rube Goldberg...

[6643]

Attached is Cessna's solution back in 2005 I think, not cheap...

And, apparently, not applicable to the early planes without "Both". Makes the ACS/Univair solution seem downright cheap!

$4063 in 2005 is about $7000 today...