Vans RV Air Filter Cutout Fixture MA4-SPA

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Vans RV Air Filter Cutout Fixture MA4-SPA

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0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
0.2mm layer, 2 walls, 15% infill
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This is a fixture to allow owner/maintainers to quickly make a new airfilter for their Van's RV using a MA4-SPA carb. This allows the airfilter to be held in place and inverted to make the pro-seal process easier. Coating the PLA with silicone made removal easy. I used a very light coating of silicone grease using an acid brush and my fingers. There are 4 separate parts.

1 - The curved fixture without the pump housing. You will need 3 of these printed. They help hold the shape of the filter. Two on the bottom of the filter and one on the top opposite of the cut out.

 

2 & 3 - The curved fixture with the pump housing. There are two options here one with high walls on both sides and one with cutout on the inside. If your proseal flows due to high temps, the one with walls works best. I prefer the one with the cutout as I can squeeze pro-seal into the space easier to ensure a solid mass when done. You will need either one.

4 - The pump housing plug. This is used to validate your cutout. If you have a non-standard VAB cutout, you can use the plug coated in release agent to manually create the indent in the final filter. While this was still easier than doing it on the actual aircraft, it tended to shift slightly during drying with my practice pieces.

When completed, you need minimal clean up of the filter. I made sure to have ample transition between the pleats and the plug to prevent any cracking.

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Just a follow up.  I ended up doing two filters last night.  A spare for me and one for an hangar mate. On the plug side, I used an acid brush to very lightly coat the entire surface with grease.   I used my fingers to remove as much as I could so there was a light sheen.  Using the syringe method I lightly coated the cut end of the filter and exposed rubber area.  I did this so I would guarantee a good bond and not run the risk of accidentally contaminating the surface with grease from the plug.  I placed the plug over the cut matching it up with the lower fixture to ensure it was in the right position.  Then I used the syringe to fill the voids.  Literally took 2 mins for both filters.  Today, the plug literally lifted off with no forcing.  Turned out much better than my attempts with the on the aircraft way.  Note the inside top is raised slightly to the same height at the outer lip of the filter.  This is before I did any clean up.  There is a little bit that I am going to remove where it feathered out.
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