---------------------------------------------------------- Lightning-List Digest Archive --- Total Messages Posted Fri 06/17/11: 5 ---------------------------------------------------------- Today's Message Index: ---------------------- 1. 03:56 AM - Re: Rare Vintage Oshkosh T-shirt from 1985 (James, Clive R) 2. 12:30 PM - Fuel Leak () 3. 01:21 PM - First Flight LS-1 (flylightning) 4. 02:50 PM - Re: Fuel Leak (flylightning) 5. 04:42 PM - Re: Fuel Leak () ________________________________ Message 1 _____________________________________ Time: 03:56:07 AM PST US Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Rare Vintage Oshkosh T-shirt from 1985 From: "James, Clive R" With Concorde! Never to be seen flying again....:-( Excellent bit of memorabilia! -----Original Message----- From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of Charles Dewey Sent: 17 June 2011 06:27 Subject: Lightning-List: Rare Vintage Oshkosh T-shirt from 1985 Bought this t-shirt from the 1985 airshow at a thrift store. It's got to be the nicest one in existence; never worn and still in remarkable condition. Maybe they would want it in the museum at Oshkosh? ________________________________ Message 2 _____________________________________ Time: 12:30:31 PM PST US From: Subject: Lightning-List: Fuel Leak Group, We have been experiencing a fuel leak in our left tank. It will leak about 1 1/2 gallons and then stop. The leak is very slow. It takes a day or two to leak the gallon and a half. We removed the left wing. The attached picture is of the fuel sender. I sent these pictures to Nick about a month ago and then called and spoke with him. He thinks the leak is around the fuel sender. He said that he would send me instructions to removed the fuel sender so we can reinstall it and hopefully fix the leak. After a couple more emails and another call I haven't heard from him. Can anyone give instructions on how to remove the fuel sending unit. Nick did say that we could reinstall according to the build manual, we just don't want to mess anything up taking it out. Thanks, Earnie Lightning S.N. #14 ________________________________ Message 3 _____________________________________ Time: 01:21:44 PM PST US From: "flylightning" Subject: Lightning-List: First Flight LS-1 Another First Flight today of LS-1 N334AL. Good day for a first flight with no major problems. This aircraft wile b converted to an E-LSA so the new owner can take the 16 hour course and perform his own inspections and maintenance. nick ________________________________ Message 4 _____________________________________ Time: 02:50:18 PM PST US From: "flylightning" Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Fuel Leak Earnie, To takeout the probe. 1. Carefully drill out the epoxy in 2 of the 5 holes that are at the edge of the probe housing. 2. Use a drill bit that works with a 1/4-28 tap for a long AN4 bolt. Or a bit that will work with a 1/4-20 tap and go get a long 1/4-20 bolt. 3. Tap the 2 holes but not into the tank. Run a bolt into 2 of the holes so you have something to grab onto. 4. Evenly heat the area around the probe with a heat gun to soften the glue. 5. Gently pull on the bolts and try to rotate the assembly at the same time, sometimes this helps to break it free. 6. Also you can use a flat blade screw driver or paint scrapper at the edge of the probe to help pull it up. 7 Once it is loose you must sand the face of the tank to give a good surface to bond to. You do not have to take the original glue down to the tank, just sand it level. 8. Sand the face of the probe that will touch the tank. 9. Clean both surfaces with acetone to take any grease, oil , or old fuel off of it. 10. Mix up about 4oz of aeropoxy. 11. Wet each surface by brushing on a light coat of epoxy only. 12. Mix the remaining epoxy with cotton Flox to get a substance like mashed potatoes. 13. Put a good 3/8" thick bed of this on the probe surface that touches the tank. 14. Slide the probe back in to the tank an press against the tank, some epoxy will squeeze out and that is fine. 15. Refer to the manual about putting a strap over the sender while it dries. This insures it wont fall back off the tank and leave a void. Hope that helps. Nick From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of efontenot3@cox.net Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 2:26 PM Subject: Lightning-List: Fuel Leak Group, We have been experiencing a fuel leak in our left tank. It will leak about 1 1/2 gallons and then stop. The leak is very slow. It takes a day or two to leak the gallon and a half. We removed the left wing. The attached picture is of the fuel sender. I sent these pictures to Nick about a month ago and then called and spoke with him. He thinks the leak is around the fuel sender. He said that he would send me instructions to removed the fuel sender so we can reinstall it and hopefully fix the leak. After a couple more emails and another call I haven't heard from him. Can anyone give instructions on how to remove the fuel sending unit. Nick did say that we could reinstall according to the build manual, we just don't want to mess anything up taking it out. Thanks, Earnie Lightning S.N. #14 ________________________________ Message 5 _____________________________________ Time: 04:42:52 PM PST US From: Subject: RE: Lightning-List: Fuel Leak Thanks ---- flylightning wrote: > > Earnie, > > To takeout the probe. > > 1. Carefully drill out the epoxy in 2 of the 5 holes that are at the > edge of the probe housing. > 2. Use a drill bit that works with a 1/4-28 tap for a long AN4 bolt. Or > a bit that will work with a 1/4-20 tap and go get a long 1/4-20 bolt. > 3. Tap the 2 holes but not into the tank. > Run a bolt into 2 of the holes so you have something to grab onto. > 4. Evenly heat the area around the probe with a heat gun to soften the > glue. > 5. Gently pull on the bolts and try to rotate the assembly at the same > time, sometimes this helps to break it free. > 6. Also you can use a flat blade screw driver or paint scrapper at the > edge of the probe to help pull it up. > 7 Once it is loose you must sand the face of the tank to give a good > surface to bond to. You do not have to take the original glue down to > the tank, just sand it level. > 8. Sand the face of the probe that will touch the tank. > 9. Clean both surfaces with acetone to take any grease, oil , or old > fuel off of it. > 10. Mix up about 4oz of aeropoxy. > 11. Wet each surface by brushing on a light coat of epoxy only. > 12. Mix the remaining epoxy with cotton Flox to get a substance like > mashed potatoes. > 13. Put a good 3/8" thick bed of this on the probe surface that touches > the tank. > 14. Slide the probe back in to the tank an press against the tank, some > epoxy will squeeze out and that is fine. > 15. Refer to the manual about putting a strap over the sender while it > dries. This insures it wont fall back off the tank and leave a void. > > Hope that helps. > > Nick > > > > > > > From: owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com > [mailto:owner-lightning-list-server@matronics.com] On Behalf Of > efontenot3@cox.net > Sent: Friday, June 17, 2011 2:26 PM > To: lightning-list@matronics.com > Subject: Lightning-List: Fuel Leak > > Group, > > We have been experiencing a fuel leak in our left tank. It will leak > about 1 1/2 gallons and then stop. > The leak is very slow. It takes a day or two to leak the gallon and a > half. > We removed the left wing. The attached picture is of the fuel sender. I > sent these pictures to Nick about > a month ago and then called and spoke with him. He thinks the leak is > around the fuel sender. He said that > he would send me instructions to removed the fuel sender so we can > reinstall it and hopefully fix the leak. > After a couple more emails and another call I haven't heard from him. > Can anyone give instructions on how to > remove the fuel sending unit. Nick did say that we could reinstall > according to the build manual, we just don't > want to mess anything up taking it out. > > Thanks, > Earnie > > Lightning S.N. #14 > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Matronics Email List Services ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Post A New Message lightning-list@matronics.com UN/SUBSCRIBE http://www.matronics.com/subscription List FAQ http://www.matronics.com/FAQ/Lightning-List.htm Web Forum Interface To Lists http://forums.matronics.com Matronics List Wiki http://wiki.matronics.com Full Archive Search Engine http://www.matronics.com/search 7-Day List Browse http://www.matronics.com/browse/lightning-list Browse Digests http://www.matronics.com/digest/lightning-list Browse Other Lists http://www.matronics.com/browse Live Online Chat! http://www.matronics.com/chat Archive Downloading http://www.matronics.com/archives Photo Share http://www.matronics.com/photoshare Other Email Lists http://www.matronics.com/emaillists Contributions http://www.matronics.com/contribution ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- These Email List Services are sponsored solely by Matronics and through the generous Contributions of its members.