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I'd watch out for the INEXPENSIVE coupes they are the EXPENSIVE ones in short order spend the extra money on a good one and have fun with it .Dennis 99564 --- Richard Eddinger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm > before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > > Just because it passed annual recently does not me a > whole lot. In many cases the inspector only looks at > a few things as far as the engine what was the low > cylinder and a compression check only tells you the > rings, valves and guides are good or bad and of > course there are many more parts to your engine. I > recently bought a 0-200 engine that had cold > compression over 75 on all cly. and running great. I > was about ready to stick it on my coupe but decided > beings it had about a 1000 hrs on it to tear it down > and rebuild it. Sent the crank, cam, case and > followers of to get checked. The cam had to be > reground, some of the followers were red tagged, the > case had to have work on it and lined bored and the > crank was red tagged. This engine came off of a > flying Cessna 150 for a upgrade to 150 HP. As far as > the airframe check every place possible for > corrosion especially the rear spar check that is > soon to be a AD note. Check all wiring after all > these are old A/C . Check your installed equipment > list and make sure all equipment that didn't come > with the bird when it was new has proper > documentation. Not trying in any way to discourage > you just talking from my own experiences. > Dick & Nancy [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: john jameson > To: 'Coupetech' > Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 1:24 PM > Subject: [COUPERS-TECH] 30 year old ceconite > > > ----[Please read > http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following > any advice in this forum.]---- > > > im looking at a nice inexpensive 415c coupe to > buy. it has 1971 era ceconite on the wings. it > just passed annual, is this anything to be > concerned about? can this fabric last a lot longer > if it is in good shape and the plane is hangared? > > the plane has 1700 hours ttae. the engine has one > low cylinder. could the engine possibly last a > little longer? the cylinder was fine in the > previous annual and the plane was flown only 5 hours > all year. i'm thinking that if flown a little the > low cylinder may come back up. i know i'm a > hopeless optimist. > > what do you all think? jmj > > ========================== > To leave this forum go to: > http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > > ========================================================================== ===To > leave this forum go to: > http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > > > __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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