{"id":2366,"date":"2016-02-14T19:36:45","date_gmt":"2016-02-14T19:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=2366"},"modified":"2016-03-24T06:01:17","modified_gmt":"2016-03-24T06:01:17","slug":"february-13-2016","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=2366","title":{"rendered":"February 13, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"February 9, 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=2334\">[&lt;&lt;Prev]<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a title=\"March 20, 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=2519\">[Next&gt;&gt;]<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I started the day by doing some much-needed cleaning around the hangar. My big airplane task was to seal up the right tank. I sealed the access port directly against the inboard rib. I skipped the installation of the cork gasket supplied by Van&#8217;s.<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2367\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0177-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0177\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0177-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0177-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As many other builders have done, I replaced the Van&#8217;s phillips head screws with socket heads. This will make disassembly much easier if it&#8217;s ever required.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0179.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2368\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0179-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0179\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0179-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0179-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I gooped up the area around the fuel level sensor hole and installed the sensor. It took some real dexterity to get that sensor through the hole without contacting the sealant.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0181.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2369\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0181-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0181\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0181-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0181-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the final product. Before I torqued each fastener, I applied a bead of Pro-Seal under each screw head.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0186.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2371\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0190-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0190\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0190-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0190-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking good!<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-2370\" src=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0186-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_0186\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0186-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_0186-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"February 9, 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=2334\">[&lt;&lt;Prev]<\/a>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<a title=\"March 20, 2016\" href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=2519\">[Next&gt;&gt;]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[&lt;&lt;Prev]\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/?page_id=2366\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">  February 13, 2016<\/span><span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2366","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2366"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2531,"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2366\/revisions\/2531"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/rv7aircraftlog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}