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Old 10-22-2013, 09:17 PM
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I am getting to the prep and paint stage of my 9a. I am trying to decide if when I paint the wings if I should have the fuel tank screws in place, or paint and then intall. . I hopefully will not have to ever remove the fuel tanks, but if I did, would painting the wing with the screws in place create a problem with the paint upon removal. Appreciate the experience of others here.
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Old 10-23-2013, 04:10 AM
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Mark,
I recently replaced all the screws (painted in)in both my tanks using a neat little tool, a "paint cutter" in a drill. I believe they are available from Avery?
I removed every screw without any chipped paint and replaced with stainless, whole process took about an hour.
Dick
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Old 10-23-2013, 09:16 AM
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The tank screws near the wing root often loosen slightly (at least on my Rocket and my RV-4 they did.) I've seen others do similar.

The cure for this is to weld the tanks on. Just kidding.

Prior to painting, slightly loosen the screws so that there is a small gap beneath them. Then paint. Then replace the screws with shiny new ones. Or ones that are painted only on top.

Or just paint everything and buy one of the paint cutters if you ever get loose screws or need to remove the tank.

There are many ways to "screw" this up! (pun intended).
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Old 10-23-2013, 12:44 PM
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Thanks for the tips.
I think welding in the way to go.
Mark
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Old 10-23-2013, 12:49 PM
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how about JB weld?
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Old 10-23-2013, 01:44 PM
Keith Williams Keith Williams is offline
 
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Default Paint and Screws

Removed my tanks (for slosh work) last summer for first time since painting the airplane with automobile polyurethane in 1999. I had painted the wings with the screws in place and had been dreading the removal exercise for years - knowing I had to do it and thinking I would need to cut around the screws or have a big touch up job.

Finally did it. Every screw came out cleanly with the paint fracturing very close to where it needed to. Tanks were off in just an hour or two. They are now back on and it is hard to tell they were ever off.

Just one data point.
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Old 10-24-2013, 08:31 AM
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Keith,
Where did you send your tanks, and were you satisfied ?

thanks

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Old 10-24-2013, 08:45 AM
Keith Williams Keith Williams is offline
 
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Bob,

If you search under slosh you will find threads mentioning at two or three different sources slosh removal, replacement tanks, etc.

I did what I did myself - see post 13 on the following thread:

http://www.vansairforce.com/communit...=102918&page=2
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