Recent content by dalesnip

I hate to break into a carb thread, but are Kelly's overhauled Slick mags of similar quality?

A buddy had a stuck ring in his Comanche and lost 5 qts enroute on a 2 1/2 hr flight. His evidence was on the belly and near 0 compression on that jug.

Flying frequently helps too.

TKM radios come out with a phillips screwdriver. Just loosen the hold down screw and do not use it to back the radio out of the tray, Just a quarter turn of so works. Then gently work it out of the tray, preferably not by pulling on the knobs. The beer bottle openers with the little angle on the...

Looks like the poor airplane was never flown and the cam/lifters got rusted/galled as a result and had to be replaced. The crank was probably overhauled while it was out mostly to fully comply with SB 505B. The problem is the cylinders may also be rusted/galled due to not flying much. I would...