Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 10:24:33 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.indian-creek.net ([209.176.40.9] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.1.8) with ESMTP id 2781823 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 09:45:02 -0500 Received: from pavilion (sl4.du.indian-creek.net [209.176.40.20] toucan@78055.com) by mail.indian-creek.net with SMTP (IOA-IPAD 4.0) id 588YO00 for ; Wed, 03 Dec 2003 08:45:51 -0600 X-Original-Message-ID: <004601c3b9ac$3099b8c0$1428b0d1@pavilion> From: "Jim Cameron" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Aligning engine mounts X-Original-Date: Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:46:08 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0043_01C3B979.E54FCEE0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2615.200 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2615.200 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C3B979.E54FCEE0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable In answer to a question posted, I do remember struggling with the = mounting bolts on my two previous ES's, but I did get them without too = much problem. I can't see how I'm going to get these to go in on the = Legacy. If I need to find mounts with eccentric holes (someplace??), I = think that means that the engine mount isn't correctly designed to fit = the engine. Of course, the biggest problem with the engine mounts is that they sag = after some hours of operation, and since the amount of sag doesn't seem = very predictable, having the spinner and cowling match up at, say, 100 = hours, is more or less a matter of dumb luck. I even replaced the front = mounts on my last ES with the really expensive green jobs, but after = about 20 hours, they ended up looking just the same. Jim Cameron ------=_NextPart_000_0043_01C3B979.E54FCEE0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
   In answer to a question = posted, I=20 do remember struggling with the mounting bolts on my two previous ES's, = but I=20 did get them without too much problem.  I can't see how I'm going = to get=20 these to go in on the Legacy.  If I need to find mounts with = eccentric=20 holes (someplace??), I think that means that the engine mount isn't = correctly=20 designed to fit the engine.
 
Of course, the biggest problem with = the engine=20 mounts is that they sag after some hours of operation, and since the = amount of=20 sag doesn't seem very predictable, having the spinner and cowling match = up at,=20 say, 100 hours, is more or less a matter of dumb luck.  I even = replaced the=20 front mounts on my last ES with the really expensive green = jobs, but=20 after about 20 hours, they ended up looking just the same.
 
Jim Cameron
 
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