Recent content by bnt83

Why not look at ads for similar aircraft that come near desired outcomes to get an idea?

https://shop.snapon.com/product/TechAngle-Models-(2%25-Accuracy)/Electronic-3-8%22-Drive-Micro-Torque-Wrench-(5%E2%80%93100-ft-lb)/ATECH2FM100

Can't comment on your specific issue but a lot of my Garmin stuff errors/fails when the airplane is powered on in the hangar. (No valid GPS position leads to transponder/ads-b fail messages and other things) Your GPS/antenna may have failed or something else causing interreference if its...

And yet there endless stories of broke crankshafts, head gaskets, thrown rods, oil pressure problems on just about all kinds of trucks, tractors and farm machinery. You just aren't looking in the right places. Deere, Paccar, IH, CAT, Kubota, Cummins. Nothing is immune. Out biggest tractor has...

Brand new starter I bought two months ago from Chief. Silver cadmium plated steel nuts. The brand new FAA/PMA starter contactor from Aircraft Sprue came with the same nuts. I could see spraying them with something like https://skygeek.com/ardrox-av-30-corrosion-inhibiting-compound-13-5-oz.html

5 years or so. I put new seal, points, condenser and lubed up one mag last year. I'll do the other next year. 5 years since all new PTFE hoses. Two oil cooler hoses were replaced this year to make them fit better as they were a little on the short side. Vacuum Pump coupling is new.

O320-E2D - 55 years old and nothing was rejected by 3rd party component overhaul shops (crankshaft, crankcase, accessory case, connecting rods, rocker arms, gears). We have steadily put $ into the accessories the last 10 years and finally pulled the trigger and took the engine off to overhaul...

Looks great!

Did it come with an installation manual?

How many signs in Omaha warn of lead? None. "The Omaha Lead Superfund Site is comprised of residential properties, child-care centers, and other residential-type properties in the city of Omaha, Nebraska, where the surface soil is contaminated as a result of deposition of air emissions from...

Well, is it fixed?

Lycoming, pushrods on top, and those run the rockers & valves in the cylinder head.

Took me forever to crack the correct ADS-B settings on the GTN --> GTX3X5 combination. About 2 whole days. The GTX manual was really new and it sucked.

Tempest used to make a PMA one I think but no idea if they still do. I'd just throw a used one at it out of my drawer of used mags if it were mine.