aero motors fuel pump

[Hradec]

my long term project is moving along nicely. was time to fill the tanks and test the electric pump. throw the switch and just a clunk. it worked 5 yrs ago before my project started.

I quickly talked to some friends and checked the forum. Aero Motors in wisconsin is the place. I woke up crazy early this morning removed the pump and drove over  2 hrs to Aero Motors. Was definitely worth the trip. I turned over my tired hunk of junk and was given a pump that looked like new with all their updates. They knew I was the Curious inquisitive type with a lot of questions so they took me through the shop and showed me the insides of a pump and their improvements. Everything except one particular seal is made in-house in the shop. They even wind their own armatures! I'm the type that likes to shop made in USA. I was thoroughly impressed. my pump happen to be $550 for the exchange.

My project continues forward with a minimal delay, will be installing the pump tomorrow.

Glenn

1964 m20e

Aft stub spar and upper left spar cap change. might be ready to fly towards the end of the year or beginning of next year 

 

 

[Joshua Blackh4t]

Nice,

I had to go the Wheldon route since Aeromotors couldn't do an exchange and I didn't want the downtime. Was significantly more expensive (approx $2500 in AUD). It does sound a lot smoother than the Dukes that came out.

[Shadrach]

I’m not surprised that you were able to tour the shop. Ole was very generous with his time when I called to inquire about an exchange. He gave me a thorough explanation of how they improved the pump and the operational tests that they’ve conducted. They rebuilt my pump, but the turnaround was only a few days even with shipping. Look forward to seeing your project fly.

[M20E for me]

I have a Dukes in the RV8 and, while it didn’t have a lot of time on it, (100 hrs) it was about 12 years old.  It’s located inside the cockpit and started leaking, easy to detect.  It turns out you have to have the Dukes pump rebuilt every 10 years.  Sent it to Aeromotors and they turned it around in a day.  I didn’t ask them to rush it or anything, I called to see how long it would take and the gave me the tracking number.  Awesome company!