fuel tanks (replacement)
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gpilot.gary
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fuel tanks (replacement)
I have a 1948 170 with metal wings and metal fuel tanks 2 12.5 tanks in one side and 1 in the other. The tanks are bad and my gascolator keeps filling with gunk. I want to replace them with something any ideas?
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Indopilot
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Re: fuel tanks (replacement)
Are your tanks aluminum ? If so you should be able to clean them out and be back in business, unless they had a hole and someone "fixed " it by sloshing with a sealer. I have taken header tanks from a 206 counted out 100 BB's and with mek and then soapy water shook them till they were clean as a vistle. It is important to recover the same number of BB's as you put in. Brian
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flyguy
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Re: fuel tanks (replacement)
HELL UV A WAY TU WARSH BEE BEES IFN IMA GONNA SHOOT ACKRATE I JES LINE EM UP AN SKWIRT ON A LIL MMOIndopilot wrote:Are your tanks aluminum ? If so you should be able to clean them out and be back in business, unless they had a hole and someone "fixed " it by sloshing with a sealer. I have taken header tanks from a 206 counted out 100 BB's and with mek and then soapy water shook them till they were clean as a vistle. It is important to recover the same number of BB's as you put in. Brian
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