SUPERSEDED SERVICE BULLETIN MSA-13
I have been under the impression that if my carb has a metal float, which it does, I am happy as a clam.
Maybe or maybe not ... Ours didn't the new float and we were not....
Anyone have to replace a metal float due to corrosion/leaking??
Yes
I guess I need a clarification. Is this SB mandatory?
Well depending on how you read things.... Yes it is mandatory...
The insurance company will certainly think so...
MANUFACTURER’S SERVICE BULLETINS
The FAA states that whenever an aircraft or engine manufacturer
determines, through service experience, that its product
may be improved by some modification, or that the service
life of its product may be extended by some particular maintenance
or repair, that manufacturer may issue a service bulletin.
The latter will tell what the trouble is and how to remedy it.
The service bulletin is mandatory because it supplements the
manufacturer’s maintenance manual that is required by FARs.
Service Bulletin: SB-5
SUPERSEDED SERVICE BULLETIN MSA-13
Comply with Volare Service Bulletins Nos. SB-2 & SB-4. Precision Service Bulletin MSA-13 should be marked “No Longer Active – Replaced by Volare Service Bulletin No. SB-2.”
Bulletin No. SB-2 Revision: A
Subject: Required Replacement of Foam and Hollow Floats
Compliance: In order to maintain flight safety, within 30 days of the date of issuance of this Flight Safety Service Bulletin, each owner of a Volare Float Carburetor not equipped with a solid, blue epoxy float is requested and strongly encouraged to inspect the carburetor and to re-inspect the carburetor at 30-day intervals thereafter until the float is replaced by a solid, blue epoxy float in accordance with the instructions in paragraph 6 of this bulletin. Failure to follow this advice may result in engine malfunction, damage, injury or death.