John, You are right about that. I'm having to "pre-educate" my A.I. on what we can expect when we get a Stromberg with functioning mixture control back on the airplane so he understands things like not having and idle cut-off. Lots of "one size fits all" thinking out there in the GA world that doesn't necessarily apply when you don't own a Piper, Beech, or Cessna. At least it wasn't an AD for all float-type carburetors. If the situation ever changes, I expect they will write something specific to the Stromberg with input from peop-le familiar with that carb.
Later, Dave --- In [email protected], j...@... wrote: > > It would appear, for whatever reason, I am suddenly missing a lot of > e-mails. I never got the one from Linda attached to this one from Dave. > > > Anyhow, I was being a little facetious. It is not uncommon for some > mechanics to read a bulletin and then try to apply it to planes to which > it does not apply. This case, where the bulletin makes no mention of > the fact that a Stromberg does not have an idle cutoff, I'm sure there > will be a lot of mechanics telling owners their carbs need to come off > for service, and maybe even some being told they have to be replaced... > > > There have been forced landings caused by applying a Cessna fuel system > bulletin to the 120 and 140 despite the fact that the 120 and 140 are > not included in the applicability list, to name another... > > > John > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [ercoupe-tech] Re: Sometimes the FAA WILL listen! > From: "bigbrownpi...@..." <bigbrownpi...@...> > Date: Tue, October 27, 2009 1:25 pm > To: [email protected] > > I'm pretty sure I read that you can't shut down an engine at idle with > mixture control only on a Stromberg (but you can at high RPM). I don't > have mixture control right now, but I'm having a carb rebuilt with > mixture. > > Later, > Dave > > --- In [email protected], Linda Abrams <lasprite@> wrote: > > > > John, > > Would you please explain that a little more? Thanks - > > > > Linda > > N3437H > > 1946 415C (w/ Stromberg carb) > > > > >
