Hi Jeff=2C
---From the pictures i am trying to figure out how you accessed the tank. Did
you make a large opening in the bottom of the fuselage ? Normally=2C there
are only two round access holes.
Karl
From: jeff@rmmm.net
Subject: Europa-List: Fuel Tanks Repaired =3Bo)
Date: Fri=2C 24 Jul 2009 13:24:32 -0500
For those of you that we're wanting to hear the out come of this subject be
low is a picture of the repair. I drilled the ends of the crack. Then rubbe
d pro-seal into the crack as much as I could. No way of telling how much if
any went in. I then covered the area with the gooey stuff. "Yuck what a me
ss". After shaping it for the angle of the tunnel=2C I then placed a patch
of old tank John Lawton sent me over the crack with pro-seal on it as well
. I kept pressure on it for 2 days as it set up. Then I sanded the area wit
h 80 grit and laid up a 6 inch=2C 3 layer patch of bid over the whole thing
. Probably over kill but I now have the piece of mind of knowing If the pro
seal ever gave out (Unheard of) the bid would hold till another repair or
a replacement of the tank. To hopefully help this from happening again I pl
aced two 1 inch foam pads under the tank between the floor and the tank on
both sides. I guess as long as the tank is glassed in it can still happen
but oh well.
Anyway one other quick question to anyone. My 912-S has been=2C apparently
running a little rich. The mixture screw on the carbs has been at the 1.5
reverse turn recommended by rotax since new. Can anyone share where there
mixture/screw works best. Or is it just a setting we should do at balancing
the carbs? Any help would be appreciated for this non mechanical type pers
on. =3Bo)
Best Regards=2C
Jeff R.
A258 - N128LJ / Gold Rush - Tanks Repaired and holding gas again.
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