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" I really wish they would sell the TC and tooling
to someone who gives a crap. "
I wish that too. Univair is just selling the parts
left over from the 50 year old stock for ever rising prices.
Nobody else is allowed to make new
parts but Univair is out of tanks, cooling scoops etc. The last time I
spoke to them they were proud to have new center spars pre-manufactured in
anticipation of their own Center section AD. It was supposed to sell at $8000
each.
It can't be that costly to make a center
spar. And I just checked their site - the price rose a bit :
| ERCOUPE CTR SECT BEAM EXCHA | $9,263.25 |
10 k for the center - I wonder if they ever sold
one.
I suggest that the millionaires under us should
meet somehow, throw their change together and buy the TC and all stock and
tooling - make me the managing director of the thing and we will see new
Ercoupes at a speed that only the FAA would be able to slow
down.
Hartmut
----- Original Message -----From: A DeMarzoSent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 4:40 PMSubject: Re: [COUPERS-TECH] Header Fuel Tank AD 55-22-02, part 2----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----Glad to see some of the new owners are becoming educated. Even two days is a bit much, but we'll give you a pass.The fact the Univair doesn't have a copy of its own AD speaks volumes. I really wish they would sell the TC and tooling to someone who gives a crap. Any IA should be able to print a copy and you can also get it from the FAA web site after some navigation.A nice service that all good type club have is a listing of Ercoupe experienced mechanics that are taking on new work.----- Original Message -----From: Tandy AllenSent: Thursday, October 26, 2006 9:25 AMSubject: [COUPERS-TECH] Header Fuel Tank AD 55-22-02, part 2----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]----Guys - Thanks for all of the helpful responses to my post of yesterday regarding my header tank.After a long and very helpful telephone conversation with Mr Gregory of Precision Services in South Carolina I had my mechanic check the tank in my plane. He had not checked to see if the tank was made of ternplate. It was not. It was aluminum indicating that the original tank had been replaced in comnpliance with the AD 55-22-02.. Further discussion with my mechanic resulted in tightening the header tank fuel cap to eliminate the persistent overflow from there and the subsequent conclusion that the tank was leaking. Nonetheless, this will be carefully checked in the future.Part of the problem was that the aircraft long books prior to the late 1950's were lost and subsequently no notation that the tank had been replaced.I tried to find that AD in the FAA website but couldn't find it. It evidently had been changed from the original publication requiring "replaement with a stainless steel tank" to "replacement with a stainless steel OR ALUMINUM ALLOY tank" This bit of information came from Tim at Univair who did have a copy of the latest version of this AD.How can I get a copy of the latest issue of this AD?Not so incidently, this annual has taken the mechanic four days. The last two took a half day or less. I like to believe this tells me something.
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