Wayne W. and Wayne DelR,
The gaskets my plane came with were kind of a cork material. The
caps seemed to me to fit ok, but when Glen Davis was out here using
my plane with Jessica, he squawked the fuel cap gaskets. So I got
around to getting a new set some months later. Now I see the
difference between tight and TIGHT. I would not be able to open and
close them if not for the really cool wooden jig that Dr. Kris K.
built and hands out to Ercoupers he meets. Thankfully, Dan Hall gave
me one and I put it away "just in case" I ever needed it. Boy, did I
ever need it once the new gaskets were on! When I thanked Dr.K, he
gave me more of them. It is a simple rectangular bar of wood with a
slot routered out in it that fits the ridge on the cap, and lets me
use 2 hands + leverage to turn the thing. Have these spread beyond
Calif. yet? Dr. K is so generous with his woodworking, I bet he'd
make more...
Linda
N3437H (Sky Sprite)
L.A.
1g. Re: Tank cleaning
Posted by: "Wayne Woollard" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed Oct 24, 2007 8:00 pm ((PDT))
One source of water in the tanks is under the filler cap gaskets.
The gasket is probably not seating all the way around the perimeter
of the filler spout. The spout is flat on top and the "ears" of the
filler cap are supposed to seal it down on two sides, one narrow lip,
and one broad lip. My guess is that the broad lip is seating and the
narrow lip is not due to the fact that it takes "King Kong" to seat
and turn the cap when it is perfectly seated.
Wayne W.
