I discovered yesterday that I have a problem with my right fuel tank.
Here is the story. When I bought the wing kit (used) I noticed that all the ribs for the right fuel tank were drilled, dimpled, and attached to the baffle. I also chacked and saw that the skin was drilled but not dimpled - I just figured they stopped before getting to dimpling the skin. Well, I realized much later that only 1 half of the skin was drilled. I figure that they mis-alligned or damaged the skin and tried to replace it.
My idea was to cut large holes in the rear baffle and then strap the skin to the bafle using wood blocks as spacers. I could then reach in and match-drill the ribs to the skin. Once the skin was cleco'd to the ribs, I could replace the baffle and match-drill it to the ribs also.
All I have to do now is purchase a new baffle and match-drill it to the skin and ribs. I don't think it will pass the leak test it the current condition..haha. Overall it came out pretty good the skin is about 0.030 out of square, nothing a few minutes with a file can't fix.
I cut access holes in the rear baffle and strapped the skin to the rib/baffle assembly
I used wood blocks on the inside to keep the ribs square and on the outside to take the strap load
