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This address should bring you right to the most current AD 55-22-02 http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/0/EE40FEB9A97CC32586256A57005164D1?OpenDocument&Highlight=55-22-02 or, go to http://www.airweb.faa.gov/Regulatory_and_Guidance_Library/rgAD.nsf/MainFrame?OpenFrameSet and do a search by number. Works for all sorts of ADs. Your mechanic should've done more research and physically looked at the installation in the plane before going to you and causing you grief. You might want to tighten him up or consider the possiblity of mechanic maybe..... Tom ---------------------------- Original Message ---------------------------- Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] Header Fuel Tank AD 55-22-02, part 2 From: "Tandy Allen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, October 26, 2006 8:25 am To: "Ercoupe Technical Discussion" <[email protected]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- Guys - Thanks for all of the helpful responses to my post of yesterday regarding my header tank. After a long and very helpful telephone conversation with Mr Gregory of Precision Services in South Carolina I had my mechanic check the tank in my plane. He had not checked to see if the tank was made of ternplate. It was not. It was aluminum indicating that the original tank had been replaced in comnpliance with the AD 55-22-02.. Further discussion with my mechanic resulted in tightening the header tank fuel cap to eliminate the persistent overflow from there and the subsequent conclusion that the tank was leaking. Nonetheless, this will be carefully checked in the future. Part of the problem was that the aircraft long books prior to the late 1950's were lost and subsequently no notation that the tank had been replaced. I tried to find that AD in the FAA website but couldn't find it. It evidently had been changed from the original publication requiring "replaement with a stainless steel tank" to "replacement with a stainless steel OR ALUMINUM ALLOY tank" This bit of information came from Tim at Univair who did have a copy of the latest version of this AD. How can I get a copy of the latest issue of this AD? Not so incidently, this annual has taken the mechanic four days. The last two took a half day or less. I like to believe this tells me something. Tandy __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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Guys - Thanks for all of the helpful responses to my post of yesterday regarding my header tank.
After a long and very helpful telephone conversation with Mr Gregory of Precision Services in South Carolina I had my mechanic check the tank in my plane. He had not checked to see if the tank was made of ternplate. It was not. It was aluminum indicating that the original tank had been replaced in comnpliance with the AD 55-22-02.. Further discussion with my mechanic resulted in tightening the header tank fuel cap to eliminate the persistent overflow from there and the subsequent conclusion that the tank was leaking. Nonetheless, this will be carefully checked in the future.
Part of the problem was that the aircraft long books prior to the late 1950's were lost and subsequently no notation that the tank had been replaced.
I tried to find that AD in the
FAA website but couldn't find it. It evidently had been changed from the original publication requiring "replaement with a stainless steel tank" to "replacement with a stainless steel OR ALUMINUM ALLOY tank" This bit of information came from Tim at Univair who did have a copy of the latest version of this AD.
How can I get a copy of the latest issue of this AD?
Not so incidently, this annual has taken the mechanic four days. The last two took a half day or less. I like to believe this tells me something.
Tandy
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