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by Tom Downey
Mon Jun 24, 2002 6:50 pm
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Help Me With My Harness Please, and Do I Have The Right Plug
Replies: 9
Views: 15867

Why replace the entire assembly?

This bendix harness has a replacable leads at $25 per lead, why change the whole thing? are all the leads bad?
by Tom Downey
Sun Jun 23, 2002 11:11 pm
Forum: The Hangar
Topic: Maintaining a 170?
Replies: 3
Views: 12820

Same as a early 172

They are the same aircraft as a early 172 with the wheel in the right place.
by Tom Downey
Wed Jun 19, 2002 3:12 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Autogas/What Brand?
Replies: 15
Views: 20647

There is a big flaw in this method.

Start quote I wish I had kept an article I read a couple years ago on how to test for alcohol, but here's the gist of it: Select a sample of fuel in a clean container (sounds like a Mason-jar to me), but first place a known quantity of water in it (mark the level of water before adding the fuel), cl...
by Tom Downey
Sun Jun 16, 2002 4:37 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Did we lose a 170 at Port Townsend Wa?
Replies: 1
Views: 6072

Did we lose a 170 at Port Townsend Wa?

I understand that there was a fliped over 170 a short time ago. Eric do you know any thing about it? I was told it was for sale?
Tom D.
by Tom Downey
Thu Apr 25, 2002 5:15 am
Forum: The Pilot Lounge
Topic: Aeromatic props
Replies: 24
Views: 30001

In accordance with the Cont. C-145/0-300 over haul manual the "H" in the designation means the engine is a "Hydraulic" Engine. This means the engine is equipped with a hollow crankshaft forward of the front main bearing, and a valve which controls oil pressure thru the crankshaft...