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Pay more now and get a good coupe instead of saving money now and working on it to get it in good condition and having more money in it later and less flying time. Bob dennis spiegel wrote: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > 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 ========================================================================== ==== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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