{"id":592,"date":"2007-08-18T09:17:04","date_gmt":"2007-08-18T13:17:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/?p=592"},"modified":"2013-03-31T16:06:43","modified_gmt":"2013-03-31T20:06:43","slug":"or-at-least-i-thought-they-were-done","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=592","title":{"rendered":"Or at least I thought they were done."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Or at least I thought they were done.<\/p>\n<p>I thought I had torqued the left tank&#8217;s bulkhead fitting down sufficiently when I installed the flop tube. But while preparing the tanks for leak checks, I torqued a sealing cap onto the bulkhead fitting and the fitting shifted despite being torqued and prosealed in place. So&#8230;I pulled off the access plate, cleaned off the cured proseal, torqued down the bulkhead fitting a bit more, and replaced the access plate. What fun. Really. Can&#8217;t you tell by the expression on my face?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_repair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-593 aligncenter\" title=\"tank_left_repair\" alt=\"This sucks\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_repair.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_repair.jpg 400w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_repair-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>To get my hand inside the tank far enough to get a wrench on the bulkhead fitting, I had to cut the anti-hangup guide away and rivet a new piece of aluminum after the bracket was finished.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_hangup_repair.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-594 aligncenter\" title=\"tank_left_hangup_repair\" alt=\"New crosspiece on anti-hangup guide\" src=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_hangup_repair.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_hangup_repair.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/tank_left_hangup_repair-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or at least I thought they were done. I thought I had torqued the left tank&#8217;s bulkhead fitting down sufficiently when I installed the flop tube. But while preparing the tanks for leak checks, I torqued a sealing cap onto &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/?p=592\">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-592","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fuel-tanks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592","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=592"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1934,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/592\/revisions\/1934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=592"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=592"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mightyrv.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=592"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}