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Anyone able to get TCP / TPP?
Anyone?
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John Harlow wrote: Anyone? I had a gallon can of TCP on back-order from my local parts place for about 8 months; it finally arrived last september. It's been hard to find ever since late 2001. Apparently, the manufacturer (Alcor) moved to a new facility and there were problems obtaining the required hazmat permits, or some such (so I've been told.) A lot of places that had normally stocked it just gave up and didn't bother ordering it anymore. The word seems to be that production is ramping back up and it's slowly becoming more available. I'd been running 80 avgas in my '182 and using TCP/100LL when I couldn't find 80. Unfortunately, the supply of 80 in my local area (western WA) dried up just about the time TCP did; this caused me to finally break down and get a Mogas STC. Now, just use 100LL/TCP on trips (to UT,AK,OSH ect) when Mogas is hard to find or inconvenient; one quart of TCP will get me thru a year or so of flying, so I'm good for a while. Mark/C182L |
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On Fri, 13 Feb 2004 10:57:28 GMT, Mark Mallory
wrote: John Harlow wrote: Anyone? I had a gallon can of TCP on back-order from my local parts place for about 8 months; it finally arrived last september. It's been hard to find ever since late 2001. Apparently, the manufacturer (Alcor) moved to a new facility and there were problems obtaining the required hazmat permits, or some such (so I've been told.) A lot of places that had normally stocked it just gave up and didn't bother ordering it anymore. The word seems to be that production is ramping back up and it's slowly becoming more available. We've all been hearing that same bull**** story for quite some time now and quite frankly it's played out. I'd like to know the real reason this stuff has been limited for a couple of years now. It doesn't take that long to move and get the appropriate approvals from the feds. If it's indeed true, it shows an absolute lack of any business knowledge by the current owners and quickly becomes suspect for use in an aircraft. I'd been running 80 avgas in my '182 and using TCP/100LL when I couldn't find 80. Unfortunately, the supply of 80 in my local area (western WA) dried up just about the time TCP did; this caused me to finally break down and get a Mogas STC. Now, just use 100LL/TCP on trips (to UT,AK,OSH ect) when Mogas is hard to find or inconvenient; one quart of TCP will get me thru a year or so of flying, so I'm good for a while. Mark/C182L |
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"John Harlow" wrote in message ...
Anyone? Have you tried Alcor direct? http://www.alcorinc.com/DOCS/1/tcp.html Skyking |
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Have you tried Alcor direct? Yes, several times, as recently as a couple of week ago. The lie. Spruce says they have hundreds? of people on the waiting list. Neal |
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