DavidM wrote:
Has anyone reading this group had to degauss a firewall? My Warrior
took a lightning strike last July while parked, melting a bit of the
propeller tip and magnetizing much of the plane forward of the firewall
(so that the compass always points towards the propeller). The engine
has now been overhauled, and all engine parts and the mount degaussed,
but after trying several compasses, we cannot get any to indicate
properly -- something is still strongly magnetized. Tomorrow my AME
(IA/A&P) will bring in a specialized meter and degaussing device to
start trying to hunt down the problem, but I'm quite discouraged being
grounded for this long.


Thanks in advance for any help,


David

This is probably stating the obvious, but only the iron/steel stuff
can be magnetized.

A dime store (do those exist anymore?) compass should point to the
magnetized part as you walk around the nose.

Held too closely it will point to any iron/steel part magnetized
or not, so start out at a distance where you start seeing a "disturbance
in the force".

--
Jim Pennino

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