"Jim Weir" wrote in message
...
(COUGARNFW)
shared these priceless pearls of wisdom:

-Nobody looks it up. The 4522 lamp is usually used in a swing-down lamp.
The
-swing down lamp has a motor to drive the lamp up or down.

Yes, well, when you look it up, you might want to use the right number.
The
original poster said 4552, not 4522. If you had a clue about things, you
would
know that no 172 ever made had a swing-lamp setup. That died with the
C-170
series. Google on 4552 and see your error.



Well, Jim, I think you are being unfair to someone trying to be helpful, and
to be candid this guy Cougar from Sacramento has been very generous with his
expertise on the Stromberg carburetor and the files he has generated on it
and shared with some of us. If it weren't for these wonderful files (some
of which can be found at Ron Wanttaja's website), I wouldn't have been able
to make the neat little tool necessary to check and set the quirky float
level on a Stromberg. And yesterday after having spent a half day sweating
and changing out washers under the seat and checking and rechecking the
float level with gasoline in the bowl from a tube and a gallon of mogas
overhead, I thanked him every minute.

I was also grateful when the little C-85-powered taildragger's engine sprang
to life, purred, and flew gallantly aloft after I had finished doing a
bundle of wrenching and safety-wiring. And finally, thanks to Cougar
because it would have cost us over two weeks time and over $500 if we had
had to send that carburetor off for rebuild. And now we have a carb which
runs neither too rich nor too lean and doesn't leak gas all over the ramp.

So pick on someone who really deserves it, because he of all people, in his
kindness and generosity, should not be the butt of your caustic remarks.

You have been kind and generous with your technical advice. That is where
YOU shine, not at being mean.