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1. 11:55 AM - Re: leaking access cover (Gary Vogt)
2. 11:59 AM - Re: leaking access cover (Gary Vogt)
3. 05:32 PM - Re: leaking access cover (Bob Hodo)
4. 08:47 PM - Re: leaking access cover (Gary Vogt)
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| Subject: | Re: leaking access cover |
"Is that an errant screw hole or a glob of sealant?"=0A=0Aglob of sealant.
=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Bruce Smith <haveblue1@m
ac.com>=0ATo: teamgrumman-list@matronics.com =0ASent: Wednesday, July 18, 2
012 2:36 PM=0ASubject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: leaking access cover=0A =0A=0A
Gary,=0A=0ABottom photo, at about the 9:30 position. Is that an errant scre
w hole or a glob of sealant?=0A=0ABruce=0A=0A=0AOn Jul 18, 2012, at 2:37 PM
, Gary Vogt wrote:=0A=0ASo, 5 years ago this month, I resealed both wing ta
nks and all access covers on this guys Tiger. -Apparently the local guy a
t the Columbia, CA airport didn't have resealing experience. -The reseal
and annual took 6 months. -There was a LOT of stuff wrong. -Most notabl
e was the spinner with 1/4 inch runout. -The rear backing plate was that
far off.=0A>=0A>=0A>So, I get a call last week and the owner wants me to re
seal the access covers. -I don't know about you, I don't normally inspect
inside the fuel tank at annual. -For some reason, ALL of the access cove
rs had been off since I resealed them 5 years ago.=0A>=0A>=0A>Here is a sho
t of one access cover that leaked so bad it wouldn't hold fuel. -The owne
r said the mechanic he used had tried three times to seal it.<IMG_2661.jpg>
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| Subject: | Re: leaking access cover |
Yes, it should be purple. -The sealant was applied so hap-hazardly, that
there is no way it could seal. -I was very difficult to remove too.=0A=0A
=0A________________________________=0A From: Bob Hodo <bob.hodo@yahoo.com>
=0ATo: "teamgrumman-list@matronics.com" <teamgrumman-list@matronics.com>
=0ASent: Wednesday, July 18, 2012 4:20 PM=0ASubject: Re: TeamGrumman-List:
leaking access cover=0A =0A=0AShouldn't that sealant be a dark purple?=0A
=0A=0A=0A________________________________=0A From: Gary Vogt <teamgrumman@y
ahoo.com>=0ATo: Teamgrumman List <teamgrumman-list@matronics.com> =0ASent:
Wednesday, July 18, 2012 1:37 PM=0ASubject: TeamGrumman-List: leaking acces
s cover=0A =0A=0ASo, 5 years ago this month, I resealed both wing tanks and
all access covers on this guys Tiger. -Apparently the local guy at the C
olumbia, CA airport didn't have resealing experience. -The reseal and ann
ual took 6 months. -There was a LOT of stuff wrong. -Most notable was t
he spinner with 1/4 inch runout. -The rear backing plate was that far off
.=0A=0ASo, I get a call last week and the owner wants me to reseal the acce
ss covers. -I don't know about you, I don't normally inspect inside the f
uel tank at annual. -For some reason, ALL of the access covers had been o
ff since I resealed them 5 years ago.=0A=0AHere is a shot of one access cov
er that leaked so bad it wouldn't hold fuel. -The owner said the mechanic
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| Subject: | Re: leaking access cover |
We ought to have a list of do nots someplace to direct new Grumman owners t
o.- One of the first ones on that list are do not use any other type seal
ant on the oval fuel tank inspection covers than the purple stuff Garner wi
ll send you from Fletchair.- You will often see the fuel tank sealant ref
erred to as high adhesion and the cover sealant referred to as low adhesion
.- There is a reason to use the correct one, folks.=0A=0ABob Hodo, GADsde
n, AL
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| Subject: | Re: leaking access cover |
Except that it wouldn't help to publish anything more than what is already
out there. -Some people are just too stupid and too lazy to read.=0A=0A
=0A________________________________=0A From: Bob Hodo <bob.hodo@yahoo.com>
=0ATo: "teamgrumman-list@matronics.com" <teamgrumman-list@matronics.com>
=0ASent: Thursday, July 19, 2012 5:31 PM=0ASubject: Re: TeamGrumman-List: l
eaking access cover=0A =0A=0AWe ought to have a list of do nots someplace t
o direct new Grumman owners to.- One of the first ones on that list are d
o not use any other type sealant on the oval fuel tank inspection covers th
an the purple stuff Garner will send you from Fletchair.- You will often
see the fuel tank sealant referred to as high adhesion and the cover sealan
t referred to as low adhesion.- There is a reason to use the correct one,
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