Rick Britton

Here is a photo of the fitting. When the drain valve is threaded in, fuel leaks from the backside of the stainless plate.

On the pilot side of my M20F the under wing fuel tank drain/sample valve seats against a round stainless washer or plate fitting. There is a gap between the fitting and the threaded sleeve going into the fuel tank. Fuel has been leaking in this area so the drain valve was replaced and torqued to 30 inch#. Upon closer inspection the fuel is leaking from the backside of the round stainless plate fitting against the wing skin outboard of the fitting itself. Does anyone know what teh next step is to address the fix? Thanks

Shortly after purchasing a 67 F Model I experienced severe nose wheel shimmy on takeoff. Removed wheel and inspected tire, bearings and reinstalled. Next flight shimmy came back on landing roll out with no braking. Removed wheel, rebalanced, same result. Installed new tire, same. Prior to this we did 6 take off/landings with no shimmy and no prior history. Shimmy has been only on landing since first incident. Would appreciate any input to helping solve the issue.