-Cleaned & prepped tank interior seam where leak was coming from -Cleaned and prepped access panel and end rib -Resealed interior seam & reinstalled tank access panel -Sealed/Installed LH tank fuel sender unit, leak test still to be done -Removed…
Category: Left Fuel Tank
-Pop Riveted nutplates in position for Left Fuel tank sender & temporarily fitted sender – pending sealing -Finally got the right hand access panel off by heating with the heat gun and prying with a sharpened strip of aluminium, theres…
-Removed threaded rod ends from unsatisfactory W-818 pushrod assemblies & ordered some more 4130 tube to redo the rods. -Set the W-716 Aileron pushrod length & tightened jam nut -Bought the required 38mm (1.5″) holesaw, cut out fuel tank sender…
-Primed then drilled & attempted riveting W-808 Aileron pushrod however as with many others I couldn’t get satisfactory rivets & due to expansion inside the pipe can’t remove the unsatisfactory rivets so looking into getting replacement pipe, cutting the rod…
-Removed access panel screws on LH fuel tank to remove for float sender installation but was unable to get the panel to move at all, then tried the RH side in preparation for the fuel tank repair and it was…
-ROLLED FUEL TANK EDGES USING MY NEW EDGE ROLLER-STRAPPED LEADING EDGE DOWN TO ALIGN HOLES BETTER -BOLTED AND SCREWD LEADING EDGE DOWN, SAT MUCH BETTER, STILL A BIT OF PILLOWING BETWEEN SEAM SCREWS BU THIS IS AS GOOD AS I’LL…
-AFTER CONSULTING WITH VANS DECIDED TO STOP DRILL DAMAGED DIMPLES & THEY WILL BE PERIODICALLY INSPECTED AS PER DFD26-SO STOP DRILLED 4x DAMAGED DIMPLES & MANUFACTURED DOUBLERS (DECIDED NOT TO USE DOUBLERS) Manual Reference: DFD-0026 Installed Removed Rivets Today 0…
-REMOVED MORE EXCESS FUEL TANKS SEALANT AND INSTALLED ONTO SPAR-STILL SAT PROUD ALONG THE SPAR SO REMOVED AND REMOVED EXCESS SEALANT SPANWISE-WHILE DOING THIS FOUND THAT 3 INBOARD-MOST SCREW HOLES ON TANK WERE ELONGATED AND CRACKED Manual Reference: 7-9 Installed…
-CLEANED UP ALL PARTS WITH MEK-CARRIED OUT CONTINUITY CHECK OF CAPACITIVE SENDER PLATES/PLUG-CARRIED OUT FINAL CLEARANCE CHECK ON FUEL TANK BAYS-TOOK VIDEO OF CLEARANCE CHECK – SEE VIDEO 20150420_154440_ -SEALED TERMINALS ON IB SENDER PLATE-RUN SEALANT ALONG BAFFLE RIVET LINES…
-TIDIED UP SURFACES TO BE SEALED WITH REAR BAFFLE-CLEANED ALL LOOSE ITEMS OUT OF TANK-GOT ALL PARTS READY TO CLOSE TANK Installed Removed Rivets Today 0 0 Wing Rivets 716 26 Total Project Rivets 2937 78 Hours 1.5 Total Hours…