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-----Original Message----- From: jlsNS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, October 23, 2005 3:33 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: [COUPERS-TECH] Cross-Country Glitches > > From: "Ed Burkhead" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/10/23 Sun PM 03:27:12 EDT > To: "'jlsNS'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > "Ctech" <[email protected]> > Subject: RE: [COUPERS-TECH] Cross-Country Glitches > > > James, > > Yep, I have felt that jolt of fear from a dropped nose tank wire. It's > worth adding that into your second tier of instrument scans - the ones you > do every 2-5 minutes. > > The smart guys will give you good information on debugging this but I've got > a question: Why do you think you need a new fuel pump? From your > description I don't see any fuel pump problems. Imho, it sure died. Another mechanic and I tried to prime it, to get it to work. It wouldn't--- mixture set full lean, mags off, starter twirling the prop --- no fuel a-pumping. We trouble-shot it in every way you would try it and it wouldn't pump fuel. And yes, we assured the lines were clear and they were. The wing tanks still had plenty of fuel. We removed the nosebowl and took the top off the pump for testing. The pump's diaphram moved up and down with the prop turning, showing that the cam was doing its duty by wobbling the arm. We figured the check-valves were stuck. What do you figure? So why did you infer the fuel pump is not bad? And now from what I've been reading by googling all over the place (except in ercoupers.com because it's apparently 404 today), we're beginning to suspect that the reason for the gas pouring out around the filler lid during climbout is attributed to a bad flow restrictor in the pump. The owner says the aircraft at one time did not spill fuel in flight. Thanks for the e-mail. > > Ed Burkhead > http://edburkhead.com > ed -at- edburkhead???.com (change -at- to @ and remove "???") > > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
