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lifeofreiley2003(at)yahoo
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Posted: Fri Feb 24, 2006 8:11 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB

A properly torqued flare nut will not come loose. Lock it down and be 

done. There are some good instructions on this Thread on the 

Vansairforce.net for drilling if you wish to punish yourself.



  Darrell



		

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wstucklen1(at)cox.net
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Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 12:29 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB

I tend to agree with the fact that this service bulletin is a bit harsh.



 

Lets see, I put over 2000Hrs on the first RV-6A (and it's been flying

for 

another 3.5 Years) and 525 Hrs on this one. Neither has had a pickup

come off ( I must have properly torqued & flared them..)

   And if this is indeed an issue with flare nuts, then I must assume

that all others need to be safety wired as well.

   Funny, the standard FAA repair manual doesn't suggest this

action.....

 

Fred Stucklen

RV-6A  N926RV

 

      

      

"mailto:lifeofreiley2003(at)yahoo.com"lifeofreiley2003(at)yahoo.com>

      

      A properly torqued flare nut will not come loose. Lock it down and

be 

      done. There are some good instructions on this Thread on the 

      Vansairforce.net for drilling if you wish to punish yourself.

      

        Darrell

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Jerry Cochran

Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 111
Location: Wilsonville, OR

Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:13 pm Post subject: Fuel tank SB

_http://www.vansaircraft.com/pdf/sb06-2-23.pdf_ 

(http://www.vansaircraft.com/pdf/sb06-2-23.pdf) 

 

This takes the cake!  Out of 4500+ RV flying, ONE guy has a loosened  

bulkhead nut that was more than likely caused by improper installation, so now  we 

all get to rip into our tanks... If there is more to this story, Van's  should 

tell us, but to ground the whole fleet on this one instance, involving  

thousands of man hours of labor is simply preposterous, if not downright stupid.  

Even the FAA wouldn't be this dumb. Someone at Van's has overeacted to the  

extreme, probably due to a hyperactive lawyer... 

 

I wonder if certified  aircraft must have safetied fuel bulkhead  nuts? If 

this is so, then I guess we better remove all our fuel lines and safety  them 

also. How about in the engine compartment where it would cause a fire,  rather 

than this one which *only* turns you into a glider with a chance to  switch 

tanks? 

 

Any A&P's on this board know the answer if certified ships have this  mod in 

their tanks?

 

I agree with the guy who says ring Van's phones off the hooks Monday  

starting around 7a.m.... Not to mention a couple thou emails... They need to  know 

what you think...

 

My .05 as per usual...

 

Jerry Cochran

Wilsonville, OR



From:  "james frierson" <tn3639(at)hotmail.com>

Subject: Fuel tank  service bulletin 






Vans has just issued a service bulletin to  be compled with BEFORE next 

flight on all RVs. Go to there web site and  check it out...



Scott

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seiders(at)bellsouth.net
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 4:52 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB

I understand the pain in cleaning off and using Pro seal, the confined 

space on a 6A to do the work etc. What I don't hear any concerns about is 

the potentially explosive dilemma (pun intended) of working with various 

tools on  a recently drained fuel tank undoubtedly awash with 100LL fumes. 

How does one insure that fumes are gone w/o flushing tank with something? 

For those that have already dealt with the SB how did you handle this issue?

Thanks

Dick RV6A

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khorton01(at)rogers.com
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 5:54 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB

On 27 Feb 2006, at 19:52, Richard Seiders wrote:



 	  Quote: 	
		   



 I understand the pain in cleaning off and using Pro seal, the confined

 space on a 6A to do the work etc. What I don't hear any concerns  

 about is

 the potentially explosive dilemma (pun intended) of working with  

 various

 tools on  a recently drained fuel tank undoubtedly awash with 100LL  

 fumes.

 How does one insure that fumes are gone w/o flushing tank with  

 something?

 For those that have already dealt with the SB how did you handle  

 this issue?


	


I don't see how any of the operations that need to be done on the  

tank could possibly ignite any fumes, if you only use hand tools.   

Scraping proseal with a putty knife certainly won't cause a spark,  

nor would unscrewing the screws.  I wouldn't use an electric drill to  

unscrew the screws though.



Bring your plane up here, and I'll do the job for you.  I'll need to  

do 25 or 30 hours of flight testing to be sure the pickups are  

working right when I'm done, but my rates are pretty low for RV  

owners 



Kevin Horton         RV-8 (finishing kit)

Ottawa, Canada

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dburton(at)nwlink.com
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:47 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB

 	  Quote: 	
		  >I understand the pain in cleaning off and using Pro seal, the confined

> space on a 6A to do the work etc. What I don't hear any concerns

> about is

> the potentially explosive dilemma (pun intended) of working with

> various

> tools on  a recently drained fuel tank undoubtedly awash with 100LL

> fumes.

> How does one insure that fumes are gone w/o flushing tank with

> something?

> For those that have already dealt with the SB how did you handle

> this issue?


	




There is no way I know to safely flush the fuel out of a tank.  A small 

residue can make for big excitement...  Welding up steel tanks is a much 

larger problem then the type of work we are talking about doing on the wing 

tanks.  When I weld on a fuel tank,  I toss a chunk of dry ice inside.  The 

CO2 makes a safe atmosphere and the ice goes away completely.



Dave,

RV6,  wings

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jhstarn(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:59 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank SB

Would ya also make this offer to Rocket HRII owners too ? ?

Do your rates include warm beers whilst we wait.   8*)    (aka  JACK) 

KABONG

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khorton01(at)rogers.com
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 4:27 am Post subject: Fuel Tank SB

Sure, Jack, come on up.  But I'll still need to do that flight  

testing, from the front seat so I can reach the fuel selector just in  

case.  But I'll supply as much beer as you can drink + a free bedroom  

during the time it takes me to fly off that 25 hours.   That's all  

the beer _you_ can drink.  I'm not sure I can afford Tom 



Kevin



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On 27 Feb 2006, at 21:57, JOHN STARN wrote:



[quote] 



 Would ya also make this offer to Rocket HRII owners too ? ?

 Do your rates include warm beers whilst we wait.   8*)    (aka  JACK)

 KABONG

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T.gummo(at)verizon.net
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Posted: Tue Feb 28, 2006 8:09 am Post subject: Fuel Tank SB

Sorry but I can't allow Jack to take the Rocket up to your neck of the 

woods.  I would not want to be responsible in your deciding to change your 

RV-8 to a Super 8.  It would slow down your building process.



Lucky for you but neither Jack or I drink beer.  So we would be cheap 

guests.  (I do require a separate bed.  There are just somethings I don't 

share with Jack).  



Tom Gummo

Apple Valley, CA

Harmon Rocket-II



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