Steven Butler Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Hi I have the chance to get a flair spitfire which is fitted with air retracts but has sat in the loft for 6 years. Can anyone identify the make/model of retracts and also if i can get spares for them. It looks like at the very least I will need to get some more threaded caps to go on the end of the cylinders. I have no experience of retracts at all so would be interested to know if anyone can help me get these up and running. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary Binnie Posted April 16, 2011 Share Posted April 16, 2011 Search for 'Eurokit retracts', they look very similar. Newer versions have push-in 'Festo' air fittings. Cheers Gary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Cantwell Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 meratis or Eurokits somewhere, i have packets of the caps you need, but i am damned if i know where,Crossgates models at Leeds had good stock of the spares last time i was in there, words of wisdom, the cyklinders sometimes have swaf in them, take the cylinders off, and give them a clean, then lubricate the "o" ring with silicone grease, NOT vaseline, which is petroleum based, and will destroy the "o ring Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steven Butler Posted April 17, 2011 Author Share Posted April 17, 2011 Thank you guys for the responses. I have sent an e mail with the above photos attached th crossgate models as suggested. Alan C - If you do manage to locate the caps and you do not need them any longer I would gladly buy them off you to see if I can get the retracts working. One more question - How do you pump the system up ? do you need a special pump (I saw on jetline website that there is a eurokit pump but can a normal bycicle or foot pump be used instead) Thanks again Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
winchweight Posted April 17, 2011 Share Posted April 17, 2011 I use these almost exclusively on jets and warbirds. They are indeed Eurokit retracts and I have found them utterly reliable. i do recommend changing the control valve to a Jetronic electronic one though (personal preference) and the fill valve to a good quality Unitract (shraeder (spelling?) bicycle tyre) type. You can then pump up the system to about 100psi using a bike pump (hardest) or a car tyre inflator (mines on my jump start unit which also doubles as my field battery - easiest). Any tyre inflator will do but battery powered ones are easiest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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