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n1cxo320(at)salidaco.com
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 Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 12:28 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank Service Bulletiing - Mad Rant ! |
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Hit your delete button NOW if you don't want to read a rant by a very =
angry RV builder
DO NOT ARCHIVE
My RV6A has been in the air for two months short of 11-years now. =
Trouble free essentially.
Against my better judgment I decided to do the SB thing for the fuel =
tank pickup tube coupling nut.
Naturally 4 screws were frozen and refused every effort at removal. I =
finally had to take off the heads in anticipation of removing the stub =
of the screw with a small vice-grip pliers after the tank was off.
Surprise! The tank won't come off. It is stuck so that only damaging =
force could remove it. I suspect, but do not actually know, that ProSeal =
locked the back of the tank against the spar. Anyway whatever it is, =
there is no way short of destroying the tank and/or the spar that the =
tank can be removed.
Now I face what to do with the four screws that have drilled off heads.
I really wish the builder that is responsible for this whole mess was at =
hand. It wouldn't be pretty.
Thanks Van for the heavy-handed handling of this matter.
John at Salida, CO
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jsflyrv(at)verizon.net
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 2:22 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank Service Bulletiing - Mad Rant ! |
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John Fasching wrote:
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Thanks Van for the heavy-handed handling of this matter.
John at Salida, CO
Nonsense, maybe you would rather Van did nothing and let some people die
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a potential problem. You did not have to comply if you did not want to
it was your choice.
Jerry(wonder why people whine so much)Springer
DO NOT ARCHIVE
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tomvelvick
Joined: 10 Jan 2006
Posts: 18
Location: Peoria, AZ
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:01 pm Post subject: Re: Fuel Tank Service Bulletiing - Mad Rant ! |
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Hi John,
I have removed tanks from two rvs that were made in the 80s
to comply with this SB and/or put new senders in.
Both tanks initially seemed to be "welded on but I was able to get them out by using a wedge between the front fuselage attach bracket on the fuselage and the attach bracket on the tank. I had to pound the wedge in between the brackets but it popped all four tanks out from the spar without a problem.
I wonder if something like this would work for you?
On one of the tanks I pulled off the fuel pickup tube was about one inch from the bottom of the tank so I didnt have as much usable fuel in there as I thought.
Regards,
Tom Velvick
RV-4 N53KT
RV-4 N7053L
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jhstarn(at)verizon.net
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| Posted: Mon May 08, 2006 3:50 pm Post subject: Fuel Tank Service Bulletiing - Mad Rant ! |
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I assume that you used a paint cutter on the screwheads to allow for better
screw removal & cleared the heads of paint before starting to apply removal
twist. Then cut the paint on the tank/wing lines and took into consideration
that the "seal" between the tank & wing might be paint that ran into the
gap. We are going to pull the tanks on HRII N561FS as soon as we get the new
hanger in shape. KABONG Do Not Archive
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Hit your delete button NOW if you don't want to read a rant by a very =
angry RV builder
DO NOT ARCHIVE
My RV6A has been in the air for two months short of 11-years now. =
Trouble free essentially.
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