Maintenance Issues
What are some of the problems out there?
| AD 78-05-06 | All Goodyear BTC-39 fuel cells condemned at removal. |
| AD 84-10-01R1 | Cessna 180 to 210 filler caps/ wrinkles/ quick drains
• Our valve STC |
| AD 90-21-08 | Cessna 180 - add a left hand vent on early models |
| AD 90-23-18R1 | Piper PA-23 -Wedge kits field installed in inboard aft corner of fuel cells trap more water than original problem. Should be removed! |
| Beech MSB 2109 | Replace deteriorating brown safety foam with Type IV blue safety foam on some Barons and Bonanzas equipped with baffle boxes |
| Venting | Bent vents or lines restricted by ice or insect nests cause a vacuum that unsnaps cell causing uneven flow & false fuel quantity indications |
| New fuels | Large qtys of Toluene, oxygenates, and other chemicals used to boost octane in Autogas & 100LL degrade rubber parts like o-rings & hoses |
