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 Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 8:05 pm Post subject: fuel tank |
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Finally got the tank sealed on Friday. I spent 6+ hours on a ladder applying fuel tank sealant (OK, minus 30 minutes while the Class B sealant set up a little). All total I put in two 6 oz cartridges of Class B and then two 6 oz cartridges of Class A. From the start at 2p when I started the final cleaning and taping, I spent a total of 10 hours on the wing. Finally went home at 12:30a. By then it was 40 degrees in the tank - with lights.
Resealing wings is way more work than anyone expects.
Years ago, one Grumman owner told me that his mechanic resealed his wing in 3 hours without removing the wing. It leaked of course, so he took it back, twice.
My fingers are crossed.
Gary
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| Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:04 pm Post subject: fuel tank |
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Luckily I was my own customer on my own time, scraping, and cleaning, and scraping again and sealing again. I didn't have to remove the wing because I didn't have someone breathing down my neck asking if the plane was finished. So I could sit under the wing in some heinously contorted position an hour or so at a time spread over several weeks. Once I started to hurt because of "bad posture" I would quit for the day and go shoot the shit with some of the old guys that just hang around the airport.
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On Mar 24, 2013, at 11:04 PM, Gary L Vogt <teamgrumman(at)yahoo.com (teamgrumman(at)yahoo.com)> wrote:
[quote]Finally got the tank sealed on Friday. I spent 6+ hours on a ladder applying fuel tank sealant (OK, minus 30 minutes while the Class B sealant set up a little). All total I put in two 6 oz cartridges of Class B and then two 6 oz cartridges of Class A. From the start at 2p when I started the final cleaning and taping, I spent a total of 10 hours on the wing. Finally went home at 12:30a. By then it was 40 degrees in the tank - with lights.
Resealing wings is way more work than anyone expects.
Years ago, one Grumman owner told me that his mechanic resealed his wing in 3 hours without removing the wing. It leaked of course, so he took it back, twice.
My fingers are crossed.
Gary
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| Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 9:54 pm Post subject: fuel tank |
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Wow, what an ordeal! It's always a major pain dealing with sealants at low temps. It costs a fortune to heat a whole hangar, Back in Minnesota we would sometimes tent the work area within the hanger with clear plastic-- the whole plane has to be covered or the airframe will conduct away any heat you bring to bear. It got really smelly inside that tent.
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On Mar 24, 2013, at 9:04 PM, Gary L Vogt wrote:
[quote]Finally got the tank sealed on Friday. I spent 6+ hours on a ladder applying fuel tank sealant (OK, minus 30 minutes while the Class B sealant set up a little). All total I put in two 6 oz cartridges of Class B and then two 6 oz cartridges of Class A. From the start at 2p when I started the final cleaning and taping, I spent a total of 10 hours on the wing. Finally went home at 12:30a. By then it was 40 degrees in the tank - with lights.
Resealing wings is way more work than anyone expects.
Years ago, one Grumman owner told me that his mechanic resealed his wing in 3 hours without removing the wing. It leaked of course, so he took it back, twice.
My fingers are crossed.
Gary
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| Posted: Sun Mar 24, 2013 10:08 pm Post subject: fuel tank |
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I have some 60 watt spiral bulbs in each bay and I taped up the openings. I have a thermometer inside. I'll see what the temp is tomorrow.
Gary
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On Mar 24, 2013, at 10:53 PM, Mel Beckman <mel(at)becknet.com (mel(at)becknet.com)> wrote:
[quote]Wow, what an ordeal! It's always a major pain dealing with sealants at low temps. It costs a fortune to heat a whole hangar, Back in Minnesota we would sometimes tent the work area within the hanger with clear plastic-- the whole plane has to be covered or the airframe will conduct away any heat you bring to bear. It got really smelly inside that tent.
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| Quote: | Finally got the tank sealed on Friday. I spent 6+ hours on a ladder applying fuel tank sealant (OK, minus 30 minutes while the Class B sealant set up a little). All total I put in two 6 oz cartridges of Class B and then two 6 oz cartridges of Class A. From the start at 2p when I started the final cleaning and taping, I spent a total of 10 hours on the wing. Finally went home at 12:30a. By then it was 40 degrees in the tank - with lights.
Resealing wings is way more work than anyone expects.
Years ago, one Grumman owner told me that his mechanic resealed his wing in 3 hours without removing the wing. It leaked of course, so he took it back, twice.
My fingers are crossed.
Gary
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I spent more than 3 hours just cleaning and sealing up the access plates that were leaking on my Traveler a few months ago. His mechanic must be pretty fast if he went in the tank also in just 3 hours, but that is most likely why it wasn't fixed the first time.George DouglasN6080LSent via BlackBerry by AT&T
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Finally got the tank sealed= on Friday. I spent 6+ hours on a ladder applying fuel tank sealant (= OK, minus 30 minutes while the Class B sealant set up a little). All = total I put in two 6 oz cartridges of Class B and then two 6 oz cartr= idges of Class A. From the start at 2p when I started the final clean= ing and taping, I spent a total of 10 hours on the wing. Finally went= home at 12:30a. By then it was 40 degrees in the tank - with lights.=
Resealing wings is way more work than anyone expects.
Years ago, one Grumman owner told me that his mechanic resealed = his wing in 3 hours without removing the wing. It leaked of course, s= o he took it back, twice.
My fingers are crossed.
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Gary
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