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--- Bill DuCharme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Tom, before I repaired my header tank I used to get > the worst headaches-- I get those same headaches at work must be a gas leak too > every time I'd fly and the taste buds on the tip of > my tong would go > dead for the rest of the day. -your not supposed to lick the tank while in flight -- on the ground it's OK Took me some time to > figure out that a > tiny bit of avgas was seeping from around a few of > the rivet heads on > the bottom of the tank. Thank goodness for the blue > die-Blue dye is used to match Denims too or I'd probably > never have found the leak. 2 munch exposer ta fums > can cass bain > demage... Must be contagious !! > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Garden > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 2:28 PM > Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Tank repair > > > When I bought mine it had putty under the nose > tank. After a month or > two, it started to smell, to the point of needing > the top open when > flying. Nothing like the smell of gasoline when > flying to brighten your > day. > > Tom Garden > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Bill DuCharme > To: Coupers Tech > Sent: Friday, January 18, 2002 9:23 AM > Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Tank repair > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following > any advice in this forum.]---- > > Scott, I'll try to keep this short. Yes there > are a number of ways > to fix this without pulling the tank. Best results > are as follows. > Completely drain the header tank... Leave the cap > off for a few days to > let any excess fuel evaporate. Buy yourself some > Miracle paint from > JCWhitney's on-line catalog. The black works the > best as it's a little > thicker than the clear. OK, now for the hard part. > Crawl under the > dash.... Lightly sand the rivet heads and an area > about 1 inch in > diameter around each rivet. Wipe clean with tack > cloth and a little > rubbing alcohol. Then apply as many coats of the > miracle paint as you > care to apply. I'd put at least 4 coats on and 6 or > 8 would be even > better. This will stop the leaking rivets. If they > start leaking again > in 4 or 5 years. Remove the old glue using a > chemical paint stripper > and repeat the process. This will work on your wing > tanks too. > > In the mean time save up your money and have > your tanks rebuilt. > > Bill W. DuCharme > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ---- > > > The information transmitted is intended only for > the person or > entity to > > which it is addressed and may contain > confidential and/or privileged > > material. If the reader of this message is not > the intended > recipient, > you are hereby notified that you have received > this message in error > and > that any review, dissemination, distribution or > copying of this > message > including any attachments is strictly > prohibited. If you received > this > in error, please contact the sender and delete > the material from any > > computer. > > > > The information transmitted is intended only for the > person or entity to > > which it is addressed and may contain confidential > and/or privileged > material. If the reader of this message is not the > intended recipient, > you are hereby notified that you have received this > message in error and > that any review, dissemination, distribution or > copying of this message > including any attachments is strictly prohibited. > If you received this > in error, please contact the sender and delete the > material from any > computer. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?bz8Sid.bAhN69 Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
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