{"id":583,"date":"2007-06-09T09:11:31","date_gmt":"2007-06-09T13:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/?p=583"},"modified":"2013-03-31T16:09:47","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T20:09:47","slug":"nutplates-on-the-stiffener-ring-was-either-stripped-or-too-big","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=583","title":{"rendered":"Nutplates on the stiffener ring was either stripped, or too big"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I had great plans last weekend to close out the left tank by attaching the access plate. I mixed up a batch of proseal, butttered up the cork gasket and plate, and had everything almost completely done when I found out that one of the nutplates on the stiffener ring was either stripped, or too big. What a freakin&#8217; mess &#8211; two hours wasted on putting the plate in place, then removing it and cleaning off the proseal.<\/p>\n<p>Today, I drilled out the offending nutplate. Looks like I accidentally installed one that was too large. &#8211; d&#8217;oh! I installed the correct one this time &#8211; and checked all the nutplates in the yet-to-be completed right tank to make sure I didn&#8217;t make the same mistake there.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_nutplate_removed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-584 aligncenter\" title=\"tank_nutplate_removed\" alt=\"Tank nutplate removed\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_nutplate_removed.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_nutplate_removed.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_nutplate_removed-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Did a bit more cleaning up to make sure no rivet residue was left in the tank, then mixed up a batch of sealant and attached the access plate. Had to do some on-the-fly research to find the right torque for those screws, looks like it&#8217;s 15-20 in\/lbs. And with that, the left tank is complete.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_complete.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-585 aligncenter\" title=\"tank_left_complete\" alt=\"Left tank completed\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_complete.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_complete.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_complete-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I had great plans last weekend to close out the left tank by attaching the access plate. I mixed up a batch of proseal, butttered up the cork gasket and plate, and had everything almost completely done when I found &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=583\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-583","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuel-tanks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=583"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1936,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/583\/revisions\/1936"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=583"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=583"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=583"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}