 |
Matronics Email Lists
Web Forum Interface to the Matronics Email Lists
|
| View previous topic :: View next topic |
| Author |
Message |
kboatright1(at)comcast.ne
Guest
|
 Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 3:57 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB - Ordered the Goo & Parts |
 |
|
I went ahead and ordered some pro-seal and a couple of new fuel pick-up's from Van's yesterday. The order shipped today.
I'm not looking forward to doing this job (I prosealed the you-know-what out of the access cover, screws, and everything else in there. Also, I'm running kind of low on free time these days.), but a couple of things made me bite the bullet:
1) My pick-up tubes are the old-school variety (a piece of aluminum tube with a series of bandsaw cuts), and I never liked 'em.
2) I'll enjoy flying my airplane more if I know I've done everything in my power to make sure my airplane is as safe as I can make it.
My opinion is that the SB is a bit strong, but Van does have the obligation of notifying builders of problems or potential problems in their design, and probably has some liability in this area. Could they have done it in a better way? Maybe. Then again, maybe not. There really isn't a good way to verify how tight that nut is without pulling the access plate, and if you go that far, you might as well carry out the SB.
My other opinion is that this is going to be a 2 day job with plenty of scraped knuckles and the real possibility of stripping out a few phillips screws.
Presumably the airplane will be down a week or more, given that there are two tanks to fix and that the proseal has to cure before you can check for leaks.
One positive - I have an excuse to go flying a bunch this week. I've gotta burn off the full tank(s) of fuel I just bought. No place to store 35-40 gallons of fuel in the hangar...
KB
| | - The Matronics RV-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
 |
bcollinsrv7a(at)comcast.n
Guest
|
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:37 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB - Ordered the Goo & Parts |
|
|
| Quote: | I'm not looking forward to doing this job (I prosealed the you-know-what out of
the access cover, screws, and everything else in there.
|
I did the same thing. Heck, you can't even tell there IS an access plate on my tank I've got so much Proseal there. (sigh). I went back into my building log (another good reason to have one, by the way) to look at the assembly picture. I couldn't tell from it, however, whether I actually did ProSeal the nut and fitting although I think I did. But I don't know for sure. Can't decide whether to open it up or not. But I think I'll wait until a hot summer day to try.
I remember pulling that mess off there after ONLY a week of curing to fix a baffle leak and it was not fun. I don't know how I'm going to get all that stuff off there after 1 1/2 - 2 years.
Bob
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/RV7A/
do not archive
| | - The Matronics RV-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
Rick Galati
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 91
Location: Lake St. Louis MO.
|
| Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Tank SB - Ordered the Goo & Parts |
|
|
| kboatright1(at)comcast.ne wrote: | I went ahead and ordered some pro-seal and a couple of new fuel pick-up's from Van's yesterday. The order shipped today.
I'm not looking forward to doing this job (I prosealed the you-know-what out of the access cover, screws, and everything else in there............
KB |
I too ordered a couple of fresh gaskets over the weekend but am a bit bemused by the number of people who prosealed the fuel tank access covers on in the first place. I just did it the way an Orndorff video demonstrated....with medium weight Titeseal. No problems at all and will certainly make this unexpected SB compliance much easier to deal with though I cannot comment on the cleanup of the remaining Titeseal goo slathered all over the place until I get in there and work at it! But at least I know the covers will come off without major difficulty. I plan on documenting the whole process using a series of digital photos entered into the log book as a supplement to the written word much as I did when I removed, refurbished and reinstalled the left fuel tank into my aging spam-can. Well, if my plane is going to be down anyway....I'll probably start the clock ticking a bit early and bump its annual condition inspection up by 4 weeks and get that accomplished at the same time.
I try to look at all this as FUN......yea right.
Rick Galati RV-6A "Darla" 110 hours
| | - The Matronics RV-List Email Forum - | | | Use the List Feature Navigator to browse the many List utilities available such as the Email Subscriptions page, Archive Search & Download, 7-Day Browse, Chat, FAQ, Photoshare, and much more:
http://www.matronics.com/Navigator?RV-List |
|
|
|
| Back to top |
|
|
|
|
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum
You cannot attach files in this forum
You can download files in this forum
|
Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2005 phpBB Group
|
Get Email Distribution Too!
FAQ
Search
Memberlist
Usergroups
Register
Profile
Log in to check your private messages
Log in
