RV7Factory
Chief Obfuscation Officer
I have been dragging my feet on closing up the right tank because something has been bugging me, a nagging feeling like I missed something. After several days I gave up an forged on thinking that I was just being overly-cautious. I mean I read the directions over and over, I even made myself a to-do list and everything was crossed off. So last night I mixed up a batch of sealant and installed and sealed the last part of the tank, the access cover.
Flash forward 12 hours, and here I am sitting in my office when out of nowhere it hits me... THE ANTI-HANG-UP DOO-DAD!!! Dagnabbit, I forgot to install that little piece of aluminum between the stiffener and first interior rib called for in the flop-tube modifications... Argh! Ack!
Alright, nothing a little (or a lot) of MEK and a few pop-rivets won't fix, but still, I was riding high on the feeling that I finally got one tank closed up, but noooooooo, I have to open it up again. At least the sealant should still be relatively easy to remove at this point.
Anyway, just needed to vent.
Moral of the story is, if something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't!
Flash forward 12 hours, and here I am sitting in my office when out of nowhere it hits me... THE ANTI-HANG-UP DOO-DAD!!! Dagnabbit, I forgot to install that little piece of aluminum between the stiffener and first interior rib called for in the flop-tube modifications... Argh! Ack!
Alright, nothing a little (or a lot) of MEK and a few pop-rivets won't fix, but still, I was riding high on the feeling that I finally got one tank closed up, but noooooooo, I have to open it up again. At least the sealant should still be relatively easy to remove at this point.
Anyway, just needed to vent.
Moral of the story is, if something doesn't feel right, it probably isn't!
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