LYCOMING CAMSHAFT LUBRICATION… From: rchisholm@email.msn.com Subject: Re: Ney Nozzles I’m in the middle of overhauling my Lyc 180 and considering installing Ney nozzles to lube the cam lobes & tappets. Any thoughts or advice on this mod? Bob Webster of the KY wing recommended them. Dick, Nice to hear from you. I have no first […]
Lycoming O-320 – Monty the Answer Man Archives
FROM THE “I FIND THIS HARD TO BELIEVE” DEPARTMENT… I think I put Mike’s success with ’11Echo in a previous update but don’t remember. Anyway, saw the following in the So-Cal Newsletter… “FASTER AND LIGHTER… Mike Williams checked-out Jim Stribling, Columbus, Ohio, in his new Swift, N711E, sporting an O-300D and new polish. It lost […]
Landing Gear: Struts – Monty the Answer Man Archives
WORN SPOT ON STRUT… From: ejectr@javanet.com (Bob Runge) Hi Jim: I have a worn spot on my Adel right strut. Can these be re plated? Thought I read somewhere that they were too thin to grind. Best regards…….Bob Runge Bob, If its just a spot that gets rusty, I would sand it with fine paper, […]
Landing Gear: General – Monty the Answer Man Archives
BUSHINGS… From: ejectr@javanet.com (Bob Runge) Hi Jim: Are the bushings in the landing gear tourque knee scissors bronze or steel? Mine are sloppy and I want to get some replacement material before I tear them open. I’m assuming the ID is 1/4″ seeing they use a 1/4″ screw. I plan on replacing the bolts, also. […]
Gear-Up Landings – Monty the Answer Man Archives
PREVENTING FIRES AFTER GEAR UP LANDINGS… From Swifter Gerry Mahoney (elfavi@olypen.com). “Swift N80556 is history but our Swifts need not suffer the same fate in a gear up landing. The fuel line can be routed from the collector tank to the shut-off valve and then through the sump filter. Install a nylon or equivalent drain […]
Three-Point Landings – Monty the Answer Man Archives
THREE POINT LANDINGS IN A SWIFT… From: Alan Dicker <jdicker@sprynet.com> Subject: Swift landing technique Denis/Jim, I was talking to a CFI last weekend regarding the Swift. I told him that in my limitedexperience the Swift is always wheel landed rather than 3 pointed. He seemed a little disbelieving and unfortunately I wasn’t able to give […]
Landing Gear Hydraulic Pump Motor – Monty the Answer Man Archives
GEAR PUMP From: Steve Roth (stevenroth@aol.com) When I used the Adel motor and used flaps, the motor would “blip” every fewseconds and the gear motor light would illuminate for a brief instant. What would cause that? Steve, That is a common thing, not related to the type of motor. The gear is probably falling off […]
Landing Gear Emergency Extension – Monty the Answer Man Archives
EMERGENCY EXTENSION CABLE SLIPS OFF PULLY… From: gi@lucent.de Subject: Re: Emergency Gear extension Hi Monty, I wanted to go flying last weekend and during the preflight check I found the right emergency gear down cable has jumped of the actuator-pulley (the one where the gear is). Playing a little bit with it I found that […]
Landing Gear Doors – Monty the Answer Man Archives
LOOKING FOR P-51 STYLE GEAR DOOR INFORMATION… (050199) Does anyone have the correct measurements for the P-51 style gear doors? I need the distance from the hinge (top of the gear door) to the point where the gear door connecting rods attach to the gear door. Also the correct length of the connecting rods. My current […]
Landing Lights – Monty the Answer Man Archives
LANDING LIGHTS…(6699) From: Yves Starreveld <ystarrev@julian.uwo.ca> Hi, All, would like to install landing lights, to be able to carry a passenger after dusk. Does anyone have drawings detailing their installation in the wheel wells? Thanks in advance… Yves Joe Ranson at Swift has most of the necessary parts to make up the original Temco wing […]
