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The two Ercoupes , I was involved in rebuilding/repairing had both header
tank problems.
Mine has a fairly new tank in it, that got replaced in 1994, but I found a
crack on the tanks bottom jut 8 years later.
Stop drilled it and sealed it with that 2 component gue that my FBO friend
gave me. That patch works beautifully.
My brothers plane had always fuel small in the cockpit until my brother
ordered the removal of the header tank. He took that thing apart with his
A&P and found nothing. They disassembled the tank then, drilled out all 200
or so rivets and carefully cleaned the parts.
Then finally, the mechanic found a pinhole in the piece opposite to the fuel
line fittings. The fix was to fill that hole with a rivet.
You can imagine how they both cursed that they did not see the hole before
taking that thing apart.
Last but not least, I had several occasions where the fuel lines from the
mains into the cockpit were not completely sealing.
Using red Avgas back then was a good visual leak finding tool.
We had a leaky primer too, but that was just a problem when priming, your
hand was moistened with gasoline then. Real pilot stuff.
However. All is relatively easy to fix compared to the problem of an
overheating engine.
Hartmut
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From: "Larry Snyder" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "COUPERS TECH" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 07, 2006 12:30 AM
Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Fuel smell in cockpit
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Well, OK, my plane has always smelled of fuel when I pop it open after
sitting with the canopy cover on it. During my last annual they
discovered a drip from the cowl tank onto my radio, necessitating the
purchase of a new radio. They sealed the tank, and said all was well. My
primer pump has leaked from time to time, also, but I haven't noticed it
doing that lately.
What are the usual culprits for the smell of gas in the cockpit? I'm
thinking the primer pump is the No. 1 suspect, then maybe weeping tanks
or connections, much of which is inside the plane? I would be curious to
know if anyone out there has cured the bad smell problem and how.
Thanks much! Oh, BTW, the plane is now flying great after my little wheat
field incident.
Larry
N99340
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