2/12/2009 … Section 18-8…After checking (and passing) the left wing fuel tank for leakage by means of the “water-fill” test I continued onto page 18-8 and finished “sealing up” the left fuel tank. Completed steps 1 to 3. I applied a “skinny” bead of Pro Seal to the Tank Fuel Skin T-1001-L around the rivet holes and a glob of sealant where the Tank Baffle T-1002 and Ribs meet to prevent fuel leaks. After placing the tank assembly into the cradle I carefully lowered the Rear Baffle T-1002 –L straight down onto the rear flanges of the ribs T-1003 and T-1004 as shown in Figure 1. The attached the T-1002 Tank Baffle to the Fuel Tank Ribs T-1003 and T-1004 with the appropriate rivets AD-42H, AD-41H, AN470AD4-5, and AN470AD4-4. Then after applying a small amount of Pro-Seal to the holes on the top of the tank baffle I attached the T-1012 Tank Attach Zee’s. Finally, I riveted the Fuel Tank Skin T-1001-L to the Tank Baffle T-1002-L using AN426-AD-3-3.5 rivets (about 100 rivets) after dipping each rivet in Pro Seal. I accomplished this is about 3 hours and had no difficulties.
