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"nauga" wrote in message link.net... Nauga agreeing with Larry? What's the world coming to? g jls wrote... Check out their warranty. I plan to tomorrow. I've got either a bad lead or a bizarre problem with the mag, and they're both brand new. And you know something else? I don't know how many Slick mags I have found on airplanes with the cap backing off the mag because one or more of the screws has backed out and fallen out of it. It's happened to me with my personal aircraft twice. Add two more to your count. I found loose screws on both caps last week. They were properly torqued when installed 25 flight hours ago. Blue thread locker and inspection lacquer, and you better believe I do the monkey crawl with an inspection mirror as part of every preflight now. Dave 'double jointed' Hyde RV-4 in flight test Ah, nice to hear a little consensus on such a rare occasion. The agony of my last exchange with you, then, has abated. Jim Weir suggests using safety-wired screws. I guess you could get them to work with the countersunk holes on the distributor caps. Thank you for your support, and best wishes for you and your aeroplane. |
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Time for today's episode.
I had no trouble reaching a live person on the phone at Unison on Monday. The even overnighted a new harness (I had to promise to return the old one). Put it in today, and the problem is still there. I'll know tomorrow if they're as forthcoming with a new mag. So much for flying to CA next week. :P Dave 'AOG' Hyde |
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Final scene:
Steve Carter at Unison arranged for me to pick up a new mag at a local shop today. Installed it this evening and everything checks out great. Through all of this I had no troule reaching a live person on the phone at Unison, they bent over backwards to help me, and tried to work within my very pressing time window. I didn't make it, I'll have to leave the airplane here when I move and come back for it later, but they tried their hardest to make it work. The upside is that the engine feels smoother than it has since I first started it (~25 flight hours ago). The downside is that if you count build time I'm at something like 100 maintenance man-hours per flight hour g. Dave 'RFI' Hyde |
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