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on 12/26/02 11:11 AM, Pete Thomson at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ...I received a vertical card magnetic compass from Santa. ... Is the bar which goes between the top of the bubble windshield and top of the instrument panel steel or aluminum? If it is steel, did it interfere with the calibration? --------------------------------------------------------- G'day Pete (& all)! Coupes to Serial No. 2622 have part number 31150 "Frame, Windshield Front" (which is steel) and subsequent have part number 31215 "Windshield Frame" (which is aluminum). Above part numbers per page 45 of Ercoupe Parts Manual, Service Assemblies No. 16 and 16A. Above descriptions from p. 10 and p. 11 of Ercoupe Spare Parts List 1/15/54 (Sanders Aviation, Inc.). Current Univair price list, page 6, calls 31150 "ercoupe front frame" and 31215 "ercoupe windshield frame". If there magnetic interferance proves to be a problem, degaussing may provide a solution. Don't just check the windshield frame. Sometimes ferrous fasteners (or even angle iron!) have been used to mount instruments, etc. on or behind the instrument panel. Coupe motor mounts can become strongly magnetic...probably the result of lack of care connecting/disconnecting/etc. starter without disconnecting battery first. Know of one lady flyer who gave up in disgust when several A&Ps couldn't get the verticle card unit to work but compensation was possible with the whiskey-type unit. Hope you have better luck. Regards -- William R. Bayne <____|(o)|____> (copyright 2002) ========================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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