1) Overhaul and keep what you've got. If your prop is indeed no good, you'll spend in the neighborhood of $6K - $9K to make it good. A decent engine overhaul...
Mike: I tend to agree with you about keeping the pilot in the loop, the way Boeing mostly does and Airbus hardly bothers to at all. But what are the chances of...
Hi, Guys... Well, "stuff" happens... I knew of a DC-10, and my memory is suspect after 30 years, that blew a piece off of #1 (I think the engine quit, as...
Is there a rotational vibration sensor on these engines that would throttle them back to prevent fatal damage? It does seem odd that independent pitot type...
Well, with blue skies and 52 degrees it was time to go back out to the field and go flying. I say it was time, but it wasn't apparently the right time. I...
Have you down loaded the CONTINENTAL manuals from Rip's Navion files? might help Wayne ... Have you down loaded the CONTINENTAL manuals from Rip's Navion file...
Leo, I'm at a loss to know where, or why to "hit it with a hammer". It appears to me that the pinion gear is physically moved with the plunger located...
In all seriousness, our pickup flight from the seller, many many years ago, and we had a hung starter. The A&P came out - opened the cowling, tapped it while...
I just went through all this with my truck this week... I had hard starting issues, sluggish and what not for some time. Finally after exercising the starter...
The Sky-Tech starter folks are right across from where I work at the Granbury Texas airport and I "visit" with them frequently when I'm at work. Unfortunately,...
Leo, I've had "hung" starters on those old Dodges before but that was a bad spot in the commutator and the starter didn't spin when power was applied. We'd put...
Erich, My starter does spin but the pinion gear doesn't mesh with the crankshaft gear. If it was a brush or commutator problem then the starter would spin...
Jumpseater record of what happened during the ditching... The following is an exclusive account for our members from one of our pilots who was onboard US...
Erich, Do you have any pointers to a parts breakdown or drawing of the solenoid mechanism? Also, there is no electrical solenoid on this type of starter so I'm...
Jim I beleive my starter solenoid is located in the baggage compartment on my Navion and I have the 225. Tommy ... drawing of the ... type of ... immediately ...
I've had the same problem of not being able to reply or post from Outlook and think I've finally solved it. A week or so ago I added some alternate email...
Tommy, That's where my battery contactor is located, but my starter is manual. I have to push on the pedal which pulls on a cable which moves the bell crank to...
And notice the gloves? Nomex they ain't. _____ From: navion_aircraft_mail@yahoogroups.com [mailto:navion_aircraft_mail@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Greg Young...
She had on gloves? ... She had on gloves? On Mon, Feb 2, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Jim Carter < j2carte@... > wrote: And notice the gloves? Nomex they ain't… ...
Jim, get the 1949 maintenance manual from my website and go to page 50 (ignition and starting). Although the illustrated system does have a solenoid, the...
Jim I know they came that way but I have never seen one with that arrangement. And I thought I had seen alot of Navions. Shows you what I know! Tommy ... is ...
Rip, Yep - that's the one only my bell crank is on the starboard side of the starter. Otherwise it looks pretty much the same. Do you know of a parts breakdown...
Rip (et al), There is a drawing on page 63 of the 1949 Service Manual that beautifully depicts exactly what I've been trying to find. Thanks for pointing me...
What do you mean "Finally?" You mean she has clothing on? FINALLY SOMEONE GOT IT, THANKS. Gloves! Who's lookin' at the gloves???? _____ And notice the gloves?...
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