Greg Bockelman
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Greg Bockelman
After troubleshooting my primer system, I determined that there was no problems with the fuel lines, either to or from the primer. The next logical conclusion was that the primer itself had problems. I noticed that there were two different sizes of O-rings in the primer. I got two new ones of the proper size and put it back together. It still did not work.
At that point, I decided that I needed a whole new primer. It was suggested that I get one from a salvage yard. Dodson's is not too far from me, so I called them up. What I wanted was one from a fairly late model Cessna. What they had was a shelf full of them that they took out of the airplanes as they came in. In other words, they had no idea how old some of these were. After some consideration, and a discussion with my wife, it was decided that I should just pop for a brand new, never used primer. That way there would be no question about the quality. (At least in theory.) The new primer came yesterday, and I promptly put it in.
Priming when cold was a definite improvement over my old one. But the acid test was would it prime when hot. I did one hot start yesterday, and 2 and a half today. I can say that the new primer works much better than the old one. I have to pull it out slowly, and occasionaly twist it, but it works to my satisfaction, and I guess that is all that counts.
Hopefully, it will work next month and next summer, too.
Any way, I hope that is the end of the story.
At that point, I decided that I needed a whole new primer. It was suggested that I get one from a salvage yard. Dodson's is not too far from me, so I called them up. What I wanted was one from a fairly late model Cessna. What they had was a shelf full of them that they took out of the airplanes as they came in. In other words, they had no idea how old some of these were. After some consideration, and a discussion with my wife, it was decided that I should just pop for a brand new, never used primer. That way there would be no question about the quality. (At least in theory.) The new primer came yesterday, and I promptly put it in.
Priming when cold was a definite improvement over my old one. But the acid test was would it prime when hot. I did one hot start yesterday, and 2 and a half today. I can say that the new primer works much better than the old one. I have to pull it out slowly, and occasionaly twist it, but it works to my satisfaction, and I guess that is all that counts.
Hopefully, it will work next month and next summer, too.
Any way, I hope that is the end of the story.
