|
|
|
|
K rv
|
Date: 10-6-2008
|
Number of Hours: 0.00
|
Manual Reference:
|
Brief Description:
|
|
10/06/2008
Fuel Tank - 2 hours
Tonight we got the inboard end rib installed. Squeezing rivets on the ribs is EASY. Not that bucking is hard, squeezing in this area is just easier.
First, we torqued the bulkhead fittings onto the rib for the vent and for the fuel return and slathered them in proseal. Then we installed the rib and squeezed the rivets. After filleting all the way around both sides of the rib, we put LOTS of proseal in the nose area. Think of it like icing a cake. Then we installed the T-405 angle and T-410 reinforcement plate. We actually had to remove the reinforcement angle at one point, because the rivets holding the rib to the skin wouldn't let the angle sit all the way down in the nose. A little grinding, then scotchbrite took care of it though. None of my AN470AD4 rivets interfered with the flop tube nut, so that was installed next and torqued. Again, more proseal was liberally applied to the flop tube and tank attach angle area once installed. We used electrical tape to protect the threads on the fittings while applying proseal, and removed the tape before the goop was cured.
Outboard end of vent line bent slightly upward to be at highest point in tank.
The fuel return line (AN6) terminates in the center bay of the tank.
Inboard bay. Flop tube, vent line, and fuel return line are all visible.
View from outside. I already have a cap installed on the fuel return line. This will not be used until I (if I ever?) upgrade to fuel injection.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Copyright © 2001-2024 Matronics. All Rights Reserved.
|
