wirejock
Well Known Member
Oh bother!
I recently decided to swap the flop tube in the port tank for a standard pick-up. Basically the slow build took so long the flop tube reached replacement TBO. It was pretty stiff.
Since I used the cork seals on the access plates, I figured it would be wise to remove both tank access panels and reinstall correctly with proseal. Today I used the starboard side as a template to build the port side. After hours of work it's finished but looking back at plans, both access panels and pickups are installed incorrectly. They're backwards! Apparently I was a bloody expert and didn't read the plans. Oh bother! Yes, they probably would work installed backwards, but they're wrong. Wrong is wrong.
Parts ordered to build two new access panel mounted fuel pick ups.
Moral...read and follow the plans and manual. Vans provided them for a reason. So idiots like me wouldn't mess things up.
So frustrated. I'm never gonna get this girl flying.
I recently decided to swap the flop tube in the port tank for a standard pick-up. Basically the slow build took so long the flop tube reached replacement TBO. It was pretty stiff.
Since I used the cork seals on the access plates, I figured it would be wise to remove both tank access panels and reinstall correctly with proseal. Today I used the starboard side as a template to build the port side. After hours of work it's finished but looking back at plans, both access panels and pickups are installed incorrectly. They're backwards! Apparently I was a bloody expert and didn't read the plans. Oh bother! Yes, they probably would work installed backwards, but they're wrong. Wrong is wrong.
Parts ordered to build two new access panel mounted fuel pick ups.
Moral...read and follow the plans and manual. Vans provided them for a reason. So idiots like me wouldn't mess things up.
So frustrated. I'm never gonna get this girl flying.