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At 11:12 PM 9/11/02 -0500, Matthew Lockwood wrote:
>My left wing tank is leaking gas. Apparently, this isnt that uncommon.
Can
>anyone educate me on this? What is the hours it will require the A&P to
fix
>it. Is it generally a leak that requires a patch, or replacement of the
>tank?
My left tank leaked also, Matt. Right around the "fuel gage." I had to
take it
out (not a hard job). Then I had a super (A&P-type) friend open it up.
Now, there is a trick to this openig. You don't take out all the
rivets! Makes
it the dickens getting it back together. Just enough so you can pry it
apart -
like a clam. We then removed all the old slosh that was coming off and
put
it back together. Used approved sealent. Not that hard with two guys -
one
put in the rivets, the other squeezed `em. Then we put that fuel gage
port
back together and got that to stop.
I have heard good things about JB Weld. You might give it a shot. Is
it
leaking around the seam? Or at the fuel out flow? Or on top, like mine
did?
Percy in Portland
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