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I posted about a fuel smell in my cockpit a while back when I bought my M20K and just have been keeping the right tank below full up until now in order to not have to deal with it. It has worked but all of a sudden recently I can only fill the tank to about 18 gallons before getting wet carpet on the right side of the plane. Time to get this fixed. I did a lot of searching online and in this forum and I see Weep No More in Willmar, MN, WetWingOlogists East in Fort Lauderdale, FL, and Propellorhead Aviation in Winter Haven, FL. Wondering if anyone knows a reputable shop a little further north on the east coast? The plane is in South Carolina at the moment and I'd like to stop somewhere on the way back to New York (where I live) to get the tank seal dealt with. I'm open to having it patched vs completely resealed if that's possible.

I've owned my 1980 231 for about a year and a half now, and would notice a very light fuel odor in the cabin if I tried to fuel to max capacity, especially in the right wing. Last Summer, the shop that performed my annual thought they could temporarily patch the problem and buy me a couple of years until a complete reseal was needed. I went that route and can definitely tell you not to waste the $1,000-1,500 you will spend to do so. Like everyone else who owns a Mooney, I started researching my options to get the job done right and landed on a couple of places. I ultimately chose Weep-No-More because their process made the most sense, and all the feedback I had heard was good. Paul said that he needed about two weeks to complete the job, so I scheduled it over the Summer since I was already flying to the upper Midwest with a friend for OSH. He was nice enough to hangar my plane for three weeks after OSH until he could get started on the job in mid-August. (Much less hassle to fly directly from OSH to Willmar, MN, than doing another roundtrip from Phoenix to the upper Midwest a month later). I asked Paul to send me some pictures so I could have the process documented for my own records, and share the experience with other Mooney owners. The "Before" pictures of what my tanks looked like upon initial inspection....