Merry Christmas to all. Ed's right. Everyone should have a few of the most common Eisemann spares, in his example it would have saved him a ton of dough.
Shame on you for the one mag thing!!!!!! Al DeMarzo Visit the Ercoupe Swap Page Free, Easy and No Membership Required http://www.ercoupeowners.com/swap/swapbook.htm ----- Original Message ----- From: Ed Burkhead To: ety Sent: Thursday, December 25, 2008 8:30 AM Subject: RE: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Gold Dust Found in Eisemann I'm somewhat inclined to suggest that those spare parts for the Eisemann mags be purchased and carried with you on cross country trips. When my mag failed upon departure at Sun-N-Fun, (on a Saturday afternoon, naturally), I had to wait till Monday to order parts and pay overnight shipping. The motel and restaurant meal costs for Saturday, Sunday and Monday easily exceeded the repair costs. On another occasion, I had a bad mag at an Illinois fuel stop on a Sunday cross country from Pennsylvania to Iowa. There was no Sunday mechanic available on the field at which I was stopped. I took my chances and flew back to Iowa on one mag, something I intend to never do again. Spare parts wouldn't have helped much on this Sunday, probably, but early morning repairs on Monday might have gotten me back to work Monday without having to fly on one mag. With no parts, there would have been no early morning Monday repairs. Local mechanics rarely seem to stock the Eisemann mag parts. Ed
