larry(at)macsmachine.com
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 Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2007 3:01 pm Post subject: engine-rest for a Stratus |
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Hi guys,
Well, this year�s annual became time to correct a misalignment in one
lower mount bolt and it required I build another adapter mount with a
1/8� vertically corrected hole. The mount wasn�t so difficult as I made
a modified copy from an example purchased earlier from Stratus. It was
easier to make new than modify the original.
Changing it might have been difficult without an engine rest I�d built
some time ago. The engine rest was placed under the oil pan bolts; a
wood horse was placed under the tail. Screws were tightened down to lift
the engine enough to unload the mount-bolts. The lower left mount was
removed and the new dimension mount was bolted in its place. The
correction put the bolt straight thru, was tightened and safetied.
Within 20-minutes, the engine-rest and tail support were removed and all
was good again after 2 years flight.
I mention this because the engine-rest is a great way to safely make
such fixes, replace rubber dampers etc and the weldment only required
some 1-inch angle, �-inch square tube, �-inch rod and some 3/8-inch
thread stock with nuts. Sounds like a Christmas recipe doesn�t it.
Sometimes the shortest and easiest distance is just such a device.
http://www.macsmachine.com/images/TJH/HScentersection/full/enginerest1.gif
http://www.macsmachine.com/images/TJH/HScentersection/full/enginerest3.gif
http://www.macsmachine.com/images/TJH/HScentersection/full/enginetailrest.gif
Fly safe guys,
Larry McFarland
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