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GrummanDude
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 Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 11:51 am Post subject: don't take your plane to . . . |
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There is a small town 30 minutes (by plane) south of here called Columbia, CA. The town itself is beautiful. The town was restored to the late 1800s and you can pan for gold in the river. The school was also restored. Two story. Lots of steps. Not for those with a weak heart. There is als an airport nearby.
Two years ago, I got a Tiger from a customer who lives in Columbia. The plane has 1400 hours on it. Straight airframe. Good restoration project . . . but, I digress. That Tiger had been maintained by the guys there in Columbia since it was new. Let's just say that the prop AD had never been done, the rear spinner bulkhead had so many different holes in it that there was no way to put it on straight. When I got the plane, the spinner run-out was 3/8 inches at the bulkhead. and that was only the beginning. $10,000 later, the plane was airworthy.
The Project X plane was also maintained in Columbia. The brake lines are so mangled that all I can say is, "It's a good thing there are no wheel pants." The nose torque tube is broken; apparently has been for a while. The prop was indexed wrong. Pulled the seats. The hardware was wrong, bolts, that happens. BUT, the Clevis screws in the back, the ones with the spacer and large washer? Long gone. In their place was a countersunk screw tightened until the seat could still be installed, a bolt with no spacer or washer, a 5/16 inch bolt that looks like it had been turned down to 1/4 inches to fit with a standard washer on it and one clevis screw without the washer.
And you should have seen the installation of the JPI with fuel flow. Let's just say, "I'll give it points for creativity."
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:12 pm Post subject: don't take your plane to . . . |
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Gary,
You gotta write a book!
Bruce Smith
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On Dec 21, 2009, at 2:50 PM, teamgrumman(at)aol.com (teamgrumman(at)aol.com) wrote:
| Quote: | There is a small town 30 minutes (by plane) south of here called Columbia, CA. The town itself is beautiful. The town was restored to the late 1800s and you can pan for gold in the river. The school was also restored. Two story. Lots of steps. Not for those with a weak heart. There is als an airport nearby.
Two years ago, I got a Tiger from a customer who lives in Columbia. The plane has 1400 hours on it. Straight airframe. Good restoration project . . . but, I digress. That Tiger had been maintained by the guys there in Columbia since it was new. Let's just say that the prop AD had never been done, the rear spinner bulkhead had so many different holes in it that there was no way to put it on straight. When I got the plane, the spinner run-out was 3/8 inches at the bulkhead. and that was only the beginning. $10,000 later, the plane was airworthy.
The Project X plane was also maintained in Columbia. The brake lines are so mangled that all I can say is, "It's a good thing there are no wheel pants." The nose torque tube is broken; apparently has been for a while. The prop was indexed wrong. Pulled the seats. The hardware was wrong, bolts, that happens. BUT, the Clevis screws in the back, the ones with the spacer and large washer? Long gone. In their place was a countersunk screw tightened until the seat could still be installed, a bolt with no spacer or washer, a 5/16 inch bolt that looks like it had been turned down to 1/4 inches to fit with a standard washer on it and one clevis screw without the washer.
And you should have seen the installation of the JPI with fuel flow. Let's just say, "I'll give it points for creativity."
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az_gila
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Location: Tucson, AZ
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| Posted: Mon Dec 21, 2009 12:33 pm Post subject: don't take your plane to . . . |
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..but it's a nice place to visit if you don't get any maintenance done....
My only complaint was that the quaint hotel had add-on air conditioning, which combined with the quaint, leaky single-pane windows gave a very hot room when it was 108 F outside.
Still worth a visit though.... gil A
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[quote]There is a small town 30 minutes (by plane) south of here called Columbia, CA. The town itself is beautiful. The town was restored to the late 1800s and you can pan for gold in the river. The school was also restored. Two story. Lots of steps. Not for those with a weak heart. There is als an airport nearby.
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