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Old 15th Nov 2006, 19:35
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Art Field
 
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Indeed the only way to prevent any fuel passing from a centre line hose into a receivers fuel galleries is to insert a bung in the pipery at the back of the probe nozzle. Just shutting off tank inlet valves will not stop the galleries pressurizing. I have a feeling this method was used in the early Tonka trials but my memory is not .........
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