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airgriff(at)surferz.net
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Posted: Wed May 02, 2007 3:29 am Post subject: seat rivits wearing hole into fuel tank

Hi Guys,         

     I know it was mentioned in the  past but having experienced it , I thought I would bring it up again. The rivets  that hold the seat belt in place on the bottom of the seat may wear a hole in  the top of the fuel tank. We have been smelling gas at times in the cockpit and  have finally found it during our annual insp. yesterday. It was intermittent as  it was only noticeable when the tank was full. One of the front seat rivets wore  into the fiberglass on the top of the tank producing a gouge (not quite through)  which allowed gas to get the carpet on top of the tank wet and smell. Our fix  was to slit the carpet with a razor knife and fold it back. Then we mixed a 2  part epoxy, filled the area in and around the gouge and applied a 1 1/2"  fiberglass patch over the area and applied more epoxy. No more smell. Then to  avoid any future problems we cut small squares of thick carpet and glued them in  place around the rivets so they did not contact the tank. I think Thom Riddle  had suggested this in the past ?

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                                                  Bob Griffin

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Thom Riddle

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Posted: Thu May 03, 2007 5:20 am Post subject: seat rivits wearing hole into fuel tank

Bob,



I was the one that mentioned this a year ago. I caught ours before any 

real damage was done. I also glued thick carpet to the top of the tank 

as sacrificial wear strips.



Thom in Buffalo

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