Leaking at the outboard rib of the right tank…auuugh!
It looks like I’ll try to go in through the filler hole with a few toothbrushes full of proseal. Unfortunately, I need to recruit a small-handed individual since mine are far too fat!
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Well, at least I *think* there are no leaks in the left tank. All the leaking I could detect was through the fuel cap, but as long as that wasn’t sealed, there was no way to determine whether other pathways were still open. I finally figured out how to seal up the filler cap (used transparent [...] Well, that stinks. After patching the leak in the inboard end of the tank, I was sure that my balloon would hold air. And it did… …for a couple of hours. I left it inflated with no obvious signs of trouble after watching for 30 minutes or so. When I returned about two hours later, the balloon [...] Need to get stuff I’ve screwed up over the past couple weeks: 3 cork gaskets @$4.70 ea. (Van’s) …I sacrificed one Sunday + a couple extra just in case 3 K1000-3 platenuts (Van’s) $.50 ea …seem to be missing one for the z-bracket on a [...] Well, I decided to do the only thing that was really right. I pried off the access panel to the inboard end of the tank (damn that proseal sticks tight!), inserted a King Dollar mirror, shined in a bright light, and prosealed the hell out of the joint where the leak was! I’ll let that dry [...] Went in on Monday to check how well our patch would hold. |
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