Category: Engine

Fuel fuel everywhere and not a drop to drink

Allen joined me at the hangar and we located the idle mixture screws underneath each carburetor. The instructions say to close the screw all the way in and then one and a half turns out. Turns out that’s how they…

Bad vibrations

The airport opened during the week so when I got home from work mid afternoon I thought I would start up the engine and taxi around, get my air legs back, so to speak. The engine would not start, I…

Grounded

Over Friday night I read a lot of posts of people having trouble with their lamp indicator and I found a couple of forum posts and a web article with information on how to test. Scott offered to come help…

Lamp Re-Wiring

I took Friday off with the hope of having a four day weekend of flying some hours off but I decided I wanted to get a handle on my lamps first. Having done some more reading I had discovered that…

Propeller Adjustments and Battery Concerns

Last post I mentioned that the propeller pitch needed adjustment so this weekend I took the cowling off and redid the pitch. The blades were set to 16 degrees, measured 6″ from the tip, and now they are 14 degrees.…