Hi Michael and Ian,As Ian says, the luggage panels hold the tank done and
themselves are held down by the bracket bolted vertically onto the firewall at
the rear of the luggage deck.The seatbacks are reclined so that this holds the
front of the luggage decks in place and is a clue to how you position the tank
for removal. With two people working together we don't need to remove the
canopy and have removed the tank many times.Be carfeul though as its possible
to crack a rear quarter canopy panel by pumping a corner of the tank into hence
the two man job with each person kneeling a seat pan and leaning over the tank.
Its appears impossible to do but once you start to invert the tank by lifting
at the rear it can be worked out quite readily and quickly.Fuel filler neck has
to be removed first of course and care taken with the both removing the
existing sealant and with applying the new sealant so as not to allow any to
fall into the replaced tank when reinstalling the the filler neck.
Make sure that you install longer piece of fuel line to the tank feed that will
allow for cutting some of the length off each time you are refitting the tank
and also allow for more movement for removing the tank so as to enable easier
access to the hose clamp/s
Grob tanks are well secured but the H36 isnt but seems to work well even if a
little dense padding is needed between the tank edges and cockpit walls.
I only recently learned form Rob that the breather hole on the fuel camp is not
supposed to be placed to the rear when installed but to the front so as to
eliminateany suction on the hole when flying.
Best Regards
Laurie
On Monday, 4 September 2017, 5:22:20 am AEST, Ian Williams
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hi Michael ... it isn,t. It sits on rubber pads on the fuse behind the seat
back and is retained by the 2 panels on top. Real simple and effective.
If u have the fibreglass tank like we have the canopy needs to come off to
remove the tank.
Getting at the outlet banjo needs a bit of double jointed work but can be done .
Once loose, rotate the tank upside down to get out.
Best regards
Ian Williams
Sent from my iPad
> On 4/09/2017, at 6:52 AM, Michael Stockhill <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> It looks like I need to pull my Dimona fuel tank to route ADS-B antenna coax.
> For the life of me I can't see how the tank is secured to the airframe.
> Where are they hiding the bolts etc.?
>
> Thanks
>
> M Stockhill
> Polson MT
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