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Dear Darwin You wrote: > I also noticed that my feet got a little toasty, even with the top down. > The heater vent was closed. > Does anyone else have this happen? Yes. I disconnect the hose to the heater box on the firewall in summer. The heater box does not close properly due to poor design and leaks heat. You also wrote: > We have been fighting with vibration in the nose wheel. > After replacement > of all the bushings to no avail, we swapped out the nose wheel assy > today. Nosewheel shimmy is mainly due to wrong pressure in the front tire. 17 PSI is what you want. Too much pressure ---> shimmy ; Too less pressure ---> shimmy. Also the bolts holding the nutcracker have to be really really tight. Slightly lose and ---> shimmy. Hartmut N3330H Darwin Girdauckis wrote: > > ----[Please read http://ercoupers.com/disclaimer.htm before following any advice in this forum.]---- > > Hi Coupers! > Time for the next episode in the story! > Well we found the problem with the comm noise. After checking every > other thing > we finally changed radios & voila. No more noise! The other radio was > supposedly checked out > but it won't work in the coupe. The engine miss on take off was in the > carb. We put a new one on > & solved that one. > I went up with our A&P yesterday. I didn't do the takeoff or > the landing > but flew straight & level for 20 or so miles while he kept checking the > radio. It was quite rough > but I had no problem holding altitude , keeping the wings level or > staying on coarse. I found the controles light > & suprisingly responsive.Most of my time is in a warrior. > I can sure get use to that 100 mph wind in my hair , especially as hot > as it was. > The ASI is out quite a ways. (15-20 mph HI) we lifted off at > 80 indicated & reached 125 @ 2500 rpm > on the level (85 hp with a climb prop? I think not!) Next time I will > take the GPS & see what I get. > I also noticed that my feet got a little toasty, even with the top down. > The heater vent was closed. > Does anyone else have this happen? > We have been fighting with vibration in the nose wheel. > After replacement > of all the bushings to no avail, we swapped out the nose wheel assy > today. > Apparently it was not the original since it was the pnumatic > kind with the tin nut cracker which was suppose to be discontinued > around SN 1000 ( this coupe is SN 1845) > The one we put on has a spring & a cast nut cracker.(both are single > fork) I think all the > air had leaked out of the Pnumatic one as when we put the other one on, > the tail dropped 3 inches!(rats! down to 72 inches) > Looks like I will have to use these new rubbers I bought for the mains > after all. > Hope that cures the shimmy! > We changed the baggage bag behind the seat too! We put a denim bag on > 2/3 > of the hole leaving access to the battery then put an upolstered cover > over both the bag & the hole on hinges > with a velcro closure. > Other than these few gremlins, I am very happy with the way the > plane flys so far. It has > a nice feel to it. The seats are more comfy than the warrior. I think we > are going to have a lot of fun > with this one. > Darwin > > ================================================================== > TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm ================================================================== TO UNSUBSCRIBE go to: http://ercoupers.com/lists.htm
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