Do the fuel tank finger strainers need to be pulled out and inspected at 100 hour or annual inspections? If so, I am having trouble getting enough clearance with the #1 wing rib to allow the strainer and its 90 degree fitting to be unscrewed from the tank. The SS7 manual says to relieve the #1 rib capstrip enough to allow rotating the fitting, but I find that I will have to also cut away most of the rib web in this area to allow the fitting to back out far enough to remove. You guys must have also run into this issue?

Jim

Also, even if I could get clearance with the #1 rib to rotate the fitting all the way out, it would interfere with the fabric on the bottom of the wing. Looks to me like the fabric would have to be cut or an access plate made for this area in order to inspect the finger strainers. Maybe nobody does this; that would answer my question.

Jim