{"id":2736,"date":"2014-05-23T20:48:59","date_gmt":"2014-05-24T00:48:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2736"},"modified":"2014-05-24T06:46:03","modified_gmt":"2014-05-24T10:46:03","slug":"bandaid-i-dont-need-no-stinkin-bandaid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=2736","title":{"rendered":"Band-Aid? I don’t need no stinkin’ Band-Aid!"},"content":{"rendered":"

I spent most of the day at the hangar, and realized after I cut myself that one thing I forgot to bring from the house was some bandaids. But I have plenty of blue painter’s tape and lots of paper shop towels…
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\n<\/a> \"2014-05-23<\/a>And this is what I cut myself on – a jury-rigged low-profile nut driver, made by grinding down a random 3\/8″ driver I found in the tool box…<\/p>\n

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And why would I need a low-profile nut driver? I knew you’d want to know…<\/p>\n

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See that AN365 nut in the bottom center of the picture? There’s not enough space to get a regular socket on it, hence the ground-down nut driver. \u00a0Worked great, if I do say so myself…and I do.<\/p>\n

Next to it is an AN bulkhead elbow fitting for the left fuel tank vent line. \u00a0I spent most of the day getting fittings prepped for the vent lines, including making the vents themselves out of other AN fittings –<\/p>\n

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These are relatively straightforward to make from standard bulkhead fittings, I just wrapped the not-to-be-modified ends with duct tape and chucked them in the drill press. \u00a0The portion that’s bright metal in the picture originally had threads, but I removed them with a vixen file while the drill press spun the fitting around (thanks for the idea, Mike!). I cut the finished ends to a 45-degree angle with the band saw, and cleaned them up with sandpaper and scotchbrite.<\/p>\n

Vans recommends that the scarfed ends be protected by a screen to keep bugs and other \u00a0stuff from blocking the fuel vents, so I bought some window screen patches from Home Despot and broke out the JB Weld epoxy…<\/p>\n

\"Vents<\/a>After the JB Weld cures – hopefully by tomorrow – I’ll trim away the excess screen and install the vents in the lower fuselage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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