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Hi Fran

Try a short run up with cowlings off to eliminate engine hitting cowling
(don't fry the cylinder)s.
How is the alignment of the alternator belt pulleys??

George in Langley BC

FRANC ...

0-320 Lycoming and I turn both Magneto and Electronic Ignition on after
engine has turned three blades on the starter - almost instant start
with no kick back in 450 hrs.

George in Langley BC
...

A different point of view is that the wing walk should stand out from
the wing so that exiting passengers will only step on the black wing walk
If the wing walk is same color as wing it should have ...

David Leonard wrote:
"Best I can tell, the UPS stuff is better than the Garmin panel mount
stuff in usability and features (like that internal splitter - which
works well). IMHO, Garmin ...

Hi Tom

Wire will eventually cut through the baffle tabs. If you want a nice fix
use 1/8 stainless welding rod instead of wire.
After cutting and forming, thread each end of the rod for #4 fiber ...

Hi Jeff

That info is on this page, bottom of second or third paragraph.
http://www.superiorairparts.com/sb0601/
I know how you feel, my engine was delivered in Nov 05 but cylinders
were manufac ...

Thanks for the heads up. A pain to read the serial numbers, wish they
would stamp them on the top rather than the side of the cylinder.
Applies to cylinders manufactured April to November 2005, my ...

Excellent lesson Dan, and from the same perspective, - never try to be
helpful by starting the fittings for another person!

George In Langley BC

I learned a lesson some time ago -- almost t ...

Hi Bruce

I know you said that with tongue in cheek, but it is interesting point.
If I remember correctly an alternate static valve or heated ports are
not required (Canada) if it can be demonst ...

Pitch reference - Yes, if you want to paint a gloomy picture lets throw
in night time, snow showers, over water and your venturi icing up and
the gyros slowing down, well with a heated pitot at l ...

Kevin Horton wrote:
(snip)
Heading select requires a gyro system that outputs heading, which is
generally fairly expensive. Some of the newer low cost EFIS systems
have an AHRS with a magne ...

Hi Jim

Looks like "passing the buck" from MDRA to Transport. You will probably
have to jump through a bunch of hoops for T/C.
You will have to get into T/C's policy letters to get the ...

Hi Jim

Not sure if this is relevant, but I was watching a buddy re-install his
GTX 327 and having a hard time getting it to seat. He had to loosen the
connector screws at back of box and let th ...

Kevin, aside from the on/off switch debate, an on/off valve on each
tank introduces problems and complexity into emergency procedures for a
fuel delivery interruption. For example if you had a bl ...

Hi Tedd

Will be doing the fly-past on Saturday but I have had some family issues
crop up that require my attention in the afternoon so would like to bow
out of the RV forum if you have enough c ...

Sorry Stan, you have two coils and each coil has two spark plug leads.
When a coil is triggered a spark goes out each lead and one spark plug
lights a fire and the other spark is wasted.

Stan ...

My Garmin GNC300XL GPS/COM has one RS232 output port. Can the RS232
Aviation Data output be split to feed more than one receiving unit, I
want to send data to a (1) Trutrak autopilot (2) Grand Rap ...

Hi Jim

Do a search of the RV-list archives, there is probably a lot of relevant
info there. The way aluminum brake lines are formed and attached to the
wheel cylinder can create a vibration or ...

Make your own, simple, cheap, better. Look in RV-list photo archives

George McNutt

Gerry Filby wrote:

I'm not impressed with Vans heat muff as supplied in the
firewall forward kit - h ...

Hi Charlie

Educate me, - is filter clogging on a good engine something to actully
consider? I change filters at 50 hours and cut them open for inspection
and have observed that a good engine c ...