My 185 has developed a few minor leaks on the wet wing. Previous owner had a guy go in and “fix” one leaking spot when I bought it several months ago but I think they may have made things worse.

My question is twofold:

1. Do i need to take this to a wet wing expert or can I let my competent mechanic take a stab at it first?
2. Any wet wing experts in the Pacific Northwest? Or west coast?

I have heard of airframe components in Indiana- but that involves remvoing wing and shipping and that seems a bit extreme at this point.

Thanks.

You might check with ProFlight at Renton (tell them Pete D told you about them) I used to work there 99-2001 and we did some minor wet wing work repairs on Cessnas. They may still do that type of thing.

How many people do you want to stab at it until you get it done right!! If you plan on keeping this plane for the next 20-30 years take your time and find someone that does this a lot for a living. Set up a date and fly entire plane to them for repairs. Removing and shipping wings is begging for more damage. Consider doing both wings at the same time especially if the other one shows ANY signs of leaking.
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If you're willing to go south far enough Charles and Issac at IA aviation in Hanford are a small mom and pos outfit that know this kind of thing well. I had Charles do the wings on a Thrush this spring. These planes run on gravel with a landing cycle count that would rival a flight school ship. Hodge podge goo smearing will not last a week here. Charles built these wings 3000 hrs ago and they just started to seep, so he got my vote to clean em up and reseal. A good summer season of running so far and they're still dry.

Take care, Rob

A buddy of mine took his wagon to FL for a repair like this. Some outfit that specialized in fixing wet wings in corporate jets took care of him in the FLL or MIA area. He used it as an excuse to fly his bird to the Bahamas while he was there. I suspect it was one of the first sets of bushwheels to land in the bahamas...

I can get you more info if you want.

AEROPOD wrote:A buddy of mine took his wagon to FL for a repair like this. Some outfit that specialized in fixing wet wings in corporate jets took care of him in the FLL or MIA area. He used it as an excuse to fly his bird to the Bahamas while he was there. I suspect it was one of the first sets of bushwheels to land in the bahamas...

I can get you more info if you want.

Thanks. FL is a bit far for me.

Leak seems to be mostly when tanks are full..