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Hello
Glenn,
I don't know if this
information will help but here it is. I thought I would bounce your brake
problem off my AP during coffee at the airport yesterday. The rebuilt $2400
master cyl may be good. My AP said "the Hayes are very tricky to bleed".
Try this it may work until you get the Clevelands on at the other airport. Here
is a follow up E-mail he sent me:
jim
didn't get your e-mail about the brakes but if its like the older expander
tube brakes you had to pressurize the system at the wheel bleeder fitting until
the brakes lock up then remove the hyd pressure pot and bleed off the pressure
at the bleeder fitting until wheel turns free and you should have a hard
pedal.
norm
Gang
As some of you may know, I use my Ercoupe to teach people with disabilities to fly. One of my students, Ed Granato, has recently purchased an Ercoupe of his own to complete his training. We flew it together from Florida to New York three months ago. As soon as we got to NY, the brakes ceased to work. It has the old Hayes brakes. The local mechanic at HPN said he has Ercoupe experience and offered to fix the problem. He rebuilt the master cylinder and bled the brakes. He then presented Ed with a bill for $2400.00! It gets worse. The following day, we flew together. After a couple of landings, the brakes failed again. The mechanic took a look and said he would bleed the brakes again. He did that and we got in the plane to find we still had no brakes. He threw up his hands and said he didn't know what else to do. No refund was offered. Now we get to our need for help.Ed has decided to replace the brakes with Clevelands. He has located a shop about 60 miles away that will do the work. We need some brake power to leave HPN and fly to the airport where the work will be done. We want to install a replacement master cylinder, a Scott 4350, just for the ferry flight. Then we will remove that master cylinder and have the Cleveland conversion done. Does anyone have a working Scott 4350 we can use for about a week to get Ed's plane out of HPN and to the airport where the conversion will be done. As soon as we get to the airport, we will remove the borrowed Scott master cylinder and return it to you. We will gladly pay for shipping both ways and guarantee you will get your master cylinder back in a timely fashion and in the same condition as we receive it. You can email or call me at 551 358 2600.ThanksGlen Davis CFII
Grumman Tiger N70GD
1946 Ercoupe N3103H
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