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keystone(at)gci.net
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Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:36 pm Post subject: fuel tank leak in 801

Dave

  

 This is the second leak in the middle of  the outside panel of the inner right tank.  Last time I had a small  puddle of AL welded in the pin hole.  This year I got another pin hole  right next to the patch.  They put a 1/4" blob on the hole this time.   It looked to me that they burnt the surrounding AL.  I cleaned and  roughed up the area and covered the outside with epoxy.  Since it has been  cold and not flyable I have not put fuel in the tanks yet.  If it  leaks I think I will leave the tank in place and epoxy the hole from the  inside.

  

 I may put the plumbing for a angle of attach meter  while I have the wing un-riveted.  

  

  

 Bill Wilcox

N801BW

280 hrs

Valdez,  Alaska

Installing wing strut fairings, Just finished fixing second gas tank  leak

  

  

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		  BILL,



WHERE ARE YOUR TANKS LEAKING?



DAVE IN SALEM

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Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:00 pm Post subject: fuel tank leak in 801

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         If anyone is  looking for a very well proven repair product for a leaky fuel tank, 3M  makes some excellent stuff. It's their Structural Adhesive product #  08101.  It's an epoxy that gets very tough, but not brittle hard, and will  stand up to all the modern fuel additives. Just clean and scuff the surface, and  apply.  Permanent repair.  I buy it through the local NAPA  store.

                                                        Lynn

                                                        601 XL /  Corvair    about 60% done

                                                        Corry, PA

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