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Except if you can get it cheap enough and want to take the time and put the bucks in it you will know exactly what you have. Dick & Nancy [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Saville" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "dennis spiegel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "Richard Eddinger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "john jameson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "'Coupetech'" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 12:46 PM Subject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] 30 year old ceconite > 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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