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Got back in the garage today to finish up the last few tasks on the tanks before they get closed up. Yesterday I riveted on the tank end rib tip reinforcement pieces. I'm not sure of their purpose but I think it might be to help seal the nose of the ribs because there are lots of holes and gaps there from the rib forming process. Anyway, I sealed those bad boys up along with the whole end ribs. Here you can see the piece of aluminum angle that goes on the inboard rib tip. I squirted with my paper funnel a TON of proseal in the gap between the edges of the angle and the skin. Also note the shop heads have been covered all the way down the rib.  The piece that goes on the inside of the tip of the end ribs is just a flat double piece basically. I also put a ton of proseal here along the leading edge to fill all the gaps. I also made a "generous" fillet of sealant everywhere the rib meets the skin.  Here is the outside of the outboard rib. Shop heads covered, leading edge swimming in sealant. Filleting the inside rib-skin joint here was kinda tough and a little sloppy as access in the outboard bay sucks due to it only being roughly as wide as my fist but I got it done.  Inside, I twisted and prosealed the fuel sender wire to the vent tube to keep it from rubbing or something. Mainly because it said to do it in the directions.  And in the outboard fuel tank bay where the vent tube ends, I bent the end of the tube up so that its opening sits at the highest part of the tank. I forgot to proseal it to its little clip there underneath the fuel cap so I'll have to remember to do that when I mix some up to put the baffles on. Just a dab oughta do it.  This took longer than I expected it to but it's done. Next thing to do is close these puppies up!
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