Sid, It was a defect in the weld along the 90 degree seam between the floor of the tank and the rearmost wall.
Once found it was easy to see that while all the rest of the tank was welded very nicely, along the bead on this edge in only this one spot, there was a tiny deviation in the placement of the welding. Just enough to leave a tiny pinhole. Very simple to fix with the Weeks material. I am more worried about the several places on the outside of the same tank that were sealed with something that looks like cured JB weld. These are located where the intenal slosh restricting wall meets the sidewalls of the tenk. No leak there now, but I'll be watching closely. jg > JG, > Do you know what caused the pin hole leak in your aluminum tank? > > Sid Wood > Tri-gear KR-2 N6242 > Mechanicsville, MD, USA > smw...@md.metrocast.net > > >Curiosity here!! Doesn't both of these systems, pvc pipe and vinyl fence > >posts, get brittle with cold weather?? With even minor flexing in the wing > >structure it seems the possibility of cracking could become a factor. > > I would tend to lean toward using aluminum tubing rather than any plastic of > this type. > > Just my .02 worth. > > Ron > > >My 20+ year old aluminum tank (forward of the > instrument panel) had a pin hole in it... > jg > > > > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
