JB Weld is NOT ALCOHOL/ETHANOL PROOF.. I sealed some small holes in the bottom of an aluminum tank and no problem for over a year. Then, a "weep" started? Cleaned it up and put more JB Weld in place and things were fine, for a while. Then, the "weep" started again? Didn't make any sense so I called JB Weld. Guess what, it is impervious to every kind of fuel BUT NOT IF IT HAS ALCOHOL/ETHANOL.. I assume I was lucky in not getting any ethanol auto fuel for a long time and then a local station managed to get a load of ethanol fuel mixed into their NO ethanol tank!
So, beware!! Ron On Sat, Nov 3, 2018 at 12:38 PM Mike Stirewalt via KRnet < krnet@list.krnet.org> wrote: > Joe Nunley said, > > "If I were to do it again, I would make my fuel tank out of welded > aluminum. 22 gallon header tank." > > Absolutely. My header is a 17.3 gallon tank but then my KR-1½ is > narrower than the KR-2 fuselage. When I got the plane from Bennett there > was a tiny pinhole leak in the bottom of the custom aluminum tank Ken > Cottle had put in. I used a dab of JB Weld on it and there's been no > more troubles. Ken first flew this plane in April, 1987 so it's had > plenty of time to develop problems if any were going to occur. Ken built > a lip on eiach side of the tank that lets it rest on the top longeron so > taking it out and putting it in has been very simple . . . and very > handy. With all the trouble it is to make composite tanks (keep in mind > I'm not a builder) it can't possibly be that much more trouble to build a > tank that you'll never have to worry about. Can it? > > Mike > KSEE > > > ____________________________________________________________ > Gut Doctor Begs Americans - "Throw This Vegetable Now" > food-frauds.com > http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/5bdddcc0e836c5cc067b0st03vuc > > _______________________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at > https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. > 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 krnet-le...@list.krnet.org > _______________________________________________ Search the KRnet Archives at https://www.mail-archive.com/krnet@list.krnet.org/. 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 krnet-le...@list.krnet.org
