Brodhead Pietenpol Association

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy

Original Posted By: Jeff Boatright
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Rusty tankDr Jeff,If I might be allowed to suggest that someone's life, an expensive item, will depend on the flow of fuel from that tank to the engine. An aluminum tank,an inexpensive item, should be considered immediately. Corky________________________________________________________________________________Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 10:32:35 -0400

Original Posted By: John Hofmann
Subject: Re: Pietenpol-List: Rusty tank

Original Posted By: Michael D Cuy
Jeff,Try the race car guys, most of them use Aluminum tanks.An other option is, using a piper J 3 tank (worked for me) 12.5 GallonThe Eaa bipe is using this tank and is listed by AS&S as part # 05-18800non certifiedOr certified 05-18700Wagareo is using this identical tank in their sport trainer.I asked AS&S for dimensional drawings before I purchased mine and got afaxed copyThe drawings list the above AS&S Partnumbers and the Wagareo part.Hans Jeff Boatright To Sent by: Isablcorky(at)aol.com owner-pietenpol-l cc ist-server@matron pietenpol-list(at)matronics.com ics.com Subject Re: Pietenpol-List: Rusty tank 05/26/2006 09:32 AM Please respond to pietenpol-list@ma tronics.com Corky,I've been having a heck of a time finding someone to weld aluminum. You'dthink in a metro area like Atlanta I'd have no problem, yet it's been threeweeks of me and my Piet partner asking around at EAA meetings and smallairports with no luck. No doubt there people to do the job, but we've hadno luck finding them.What do you think about the strategy of building one using rivets and seamsealant?Thanks,Jeff Dr Jeff, If I might be allowed to suggest that someone's life, an expensive item, will depend on the flow of fuel from that tank to the engine. An aluminum tank, an inexpensive item, should be considered immediately. Corky--Jeffrey H. Boatright, PhDAssociate Professor, Emory Eye Center, Atlanta, GA, USASenior Editor, Molecular Vision, http://www.molvis.org/molvismailto:jboa ... ______Date: Fri, 26 May 2006 10:52:49 -0400