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<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> << Lancair Builders' Mail List >> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<--->>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >> In a message dated 10/16/2001 10:50:52 PM Pacific Daylight Time, lancair.list@olsusa.com writes: << Any Oil seeping out of the nose gear strut would worry me. >> Mike Reinath - I'll second this. I did not have the harrowing experience that Michael Fopp had, but I did notice oil seeping from the strut (up near the Schraeder valve) after a few years. I had also trailered the airplane for 1500 miles -- sitting on a snowmobile trailer but snugged down onto the gear and tires, so it took a fair amount of abuse. I sent it back to Vern for overhaul and he said that there had been some internal damage (a slightly bent rod -- the details I don't recall). He couldn't say whether the damage was pre-existing or caused by the trailering, though he suspected it might not have been caused by the trailer. Anyway, the cost was modest. I'll probably send it back again prior to flight since it now seems to have a very slight leak similar to the one you described but not as bad, and it will have been trailered even more (California to Colorado, next month) and at that time I'll probably have the self-centering mod done. Like Dr Fopp says, better safe than sorry. And while it may not cause a problem in its present state, it certainly won't cure itself. Good luck. It sounds like you're getting close. - Rob Wolf >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> LML website: http://www.olsusa.com/mkaye/maillist.html LML Builders' Bookstore: http://www.buildersbooks.com/lancair Please send your photos and drawings to marvkaye@olsusa.com. >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>