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Yeah to both: Christmas, and Mixture control!!!! My mixture control is also inop. I am talking to my AP to get it back in line. Eliacim Cortes N87071 Quoting Ed Robbins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > Ed... > > Merry Christmas! (We're not celebrating the "Holiday" at our place.) > > I pray that you will remember the "Reason for the Season. > > Now...another reason for the e-mail... > > "You've always been a proponent of a mixture control. I'm now convinced and > would like to plan some trips over the mountains to Tennessee. > > What unit would you recommend I look at for my mechanic to install? > > Thanks again for your willingness to help those of us who wish to arrive > alive. > > > Regards to you and yours, > > Ed Robbins > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Ed Burkhead > To: 'Coupe-Tech' > Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 12:12 AM > Subject: [SPAM?] FW: WRB Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Ercoupe 415C Fouled plugs > > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any > advice in this forum.]---- > > > > > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > From: William R. Bayne [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 11:11 PM > To: Ed Burkhead > Subject: WRB Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Ercoupe 415C Fouled plugs > > > > RLYTECH > > Hi Don, > > The Continental engine assembly chosen by Erco (and Fred Weick) for > installation in the Ercoupe came with a Stromberg carburetor. That carburetor > has an adjustable mixture control which, to conform to its approved design > criteria, must be functional. Every Ercoupe flight tested for conformance to > its approved Aircraft Type Certificate by a CAA-designated representative had > a factory-installed pilot-operable mixture control. When properly maintained > and operated, it WORKS, and works WELL. > > Competent use of the mixture control results in increased power, economy > and range at altitude when you fly somewhere. Even for those who seldom get > out of the pattern, an operable mixture control allows leaner ground > operation and run-ups to help deal with the adverse effects of the fourfold > increase of lead (over 80/87 aircraft fuel) in 100LL. > > Once you have fully functional plugs and mags, I would strongly urge the > reinstallation of your original mixture control. Subsequent intelligent use > would restore in-flight options to deal with the problem(s) you describe, and > might permanently eliminate those caused by excess lead accumulations from > unnecessarily rich operation. > > All such carburetors have an "artificial enrichment" at full throttle > (which would accelerate excess lead deposits), and some coupers operate at > full throttle much of their time aloft. The engine won't fail in such use, > but the lead deposits thus encouraged without mixture adjustment are about as > desirable as the cholesterol deposits from double-meat burgers. IMHO a coupe > without a fully functional mixture control is not an "alternate life style" > but an extremely poor choice we are all free to make (with a 337:<)). > > Regards, > > WRB > > -- > > On Dec 12, 2005, at 1:20 PM, Donald Perricone wrote: > > > Anyone: > > We have a 415 C with a 75 Continental upgraded to a C-85 and with a > Stromberg Carb. > > > > In the last month or so we have had a rough mag check... > > > > ...because we don't have a mixture control to lean out the engine to > clear out the problem we ran it up to about 1,800 on only the bad mag and the > problem went away. > > > > A few days later we tried to fly again and the same problem came back. > > > > > Does anyone have any ideas about how ot solve this problem. We would like > to hear from anyone who might have some suggestions. > > Thanks for your help. > > Don > N93334 > > ============================================================================== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > > > ============================================================================== > To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm > Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/ > > > ============================================================================== To leave this forum go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm Search the archives on http://escribe.com/aviation/coupers-tech/
