Jeb, I see that your front deck is removable. So was mine and I had a leak as well when I 1st filled it up. I was in the seams at the bottom when I floxed it to the rest of the tank. Because it was removable I could pour epoxy it though the filler neck and let the epoxy flow to the seams. I did it four times sealing each edge tilting it while the epoxy cured. This worked great and it hasn't leaked since.
Rob SCHMITT N1852Z Sent from my iPad > On Jul 20, 2018, at 5:06 PM, jeb via KRnet <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hey there Larry, quite a setback for me. > I guess I didn't build it good enough 15 years ago. > The leak occurred during weight & balance - got empty weight, then started > filling 15 gallon header > tank (attached permanently to underside of removable front deck) - We got > about 14.5 gallons > in before we started to hear dripping sounds, first thought was it'd reached > overflow height - > but nooo. Found a light rain shower happening inside cockpit - immediately > started draining > the tank and sopping up the avgas with shop towels. It didn't stop dripping > until tank level > was about 4 inches. > I've cut the tank in half with a dremmel wheel (I think I burned it out?!!) > Inspection of inside doesn't show an obvious leak location. > I'm going to flox the corner seams and brush on a coat of vinyl ester, then > flox it back together then > do a layup over the seam on the outside, no way to do a layup on the inside > through the fill hole. > Then test it off the plane. > >> Sloshing to cover a pin hole sounds pretty iffy to me. Seems like that >> would take ten times the resin as painting the interior and you still >> wouldn't know if you got it or not. But that's just me. >> >> Is this a removable tank? My wing tank was not. I sealed mine with maybe 1 >> cup of resin on a 12.5 gallon tank. Cutting the tank open is a PIA but it >> should be a one time operation, good for life if you do a good job of >> re-attaching the cut out piece. My tank was 10 inches by 7 feet long and I >> had to open up that section behind the main spar on the entire bottom of the >> outer wing panel. Not fun but it worked. By the way, that section is still >> in primer after 14 years but I never notice it on the bottom of the wing. >> >> Larry Flesner >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Search the KRnet Archives at >> https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. >> Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. >> see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change >> options. >> To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] > > > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. > Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. > see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change > options. > To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected] _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/. Please see LIST RULES and KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html. see http://list.krnet.org/mailman/listinfo/krnet_list.krnet.org to change options. To UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to [email protected]
