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Jeff Mitchell's RV8 project
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Date:  11-25-2008
Number of Hours:  9.30
Manual Reference:  7-9
Brief Description:  Installed left hand fuel tank.

I primed the left hand fuel tanks outboard rib and rear baffle. Then I connected the wires for the power terminal and ground on the fuel sender. I won't get easy access to this area once the tank is installed because this tank has the inverted fuel system modification which places the sender in the second bay instead of on the access plate. Then I installed the fuel tank. There are a lot of screws to turn. I used 'anti-seize' compound on each of them and started with the screws at the leading edge and moved down and across. I switched from the top to bottom every 5 or 6 screws. This gave me a nice gap all the way around. Then installed the Z-Bracket bolts to the correct torque and applied ‘Torque Seal’ to each head. I finished up by clecoing the top skins in place. (Don't forget the wing walk doubler!)
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Fuel sender ground and power leads

Fuel sender ground and power leads

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A nice joint between tank and leading edge assembly

A nice joint between tank and leading edge assembly

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Top skins clecoed in place ready for riveting

Top skins clecoed in place ready for riveting

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