Return-Path: Sender: (Marvin Kaye) To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:58:24 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail.indian-creek.net ([209.176.40.9] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2b2) with ESMTP id 3199830 for lml@lancaironline.net; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 21:19:35 -0400 Received: from VAIO (sl36.du.indian-creek.net [209.176.40.52] toucan@78055.com) by mail.indian-creek.net with SMTP (IOA-IPAD 4.01f/96) id 0HZHO00 for ; Fri, 30 Apr 2004 20:22:09 -0500 X-Original-Message-ID: <000a01c42f1a$48a5d820$3428b0d1@VAIO> From: "Jim Cameron" X-Original-To: "Lancair Mailing List" Subject: Housecleaning: fuel pump, spinner X-Original-Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 20:18:59 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0007_01C42EF0.5EC4C8C0" X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2720.3000 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2727.1300 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C42EF0.5EC4C8C0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here are a couple of items hanging around my workshop shelves that = I'd like to get rid of: Fuel pump for Continental IO-550-N Funny story on this one. The = engine for my last ES, a normally aspirated model, arrived with a -8 = fitting on the fuel inlet side, instead of the -6 fitting it was = supposed to have. At first Continental told me that was impossible, but = finally the harrumphed and simply sent me a whole new fuel pump = assembly! Not only that, they never asked for the original one back. = I'm thinking maybe that this (engine-driven) pump actually belongs on = the TSIO-550, but I'm not sure. Anyway, two years later, it's still = here, new in the box, and I have no use for it. There are part numbers = all over it -- I think each piece of the assembly has its own part = number, but there is one that says "634530 Assy", so that's probably the = actual part number for the pump. Make me an offer! No reasonable offers refused. Naturally, there = is no yellow tag, but the pump has never been run. I also have several = spare gaskets that you need when you install it. I see rebuilt pumps in = TAP for around $300, but I'd take a fraction of that. Spinner for 4-blade MT Prop: The spinner I received with a 4-blade = MT prop was off center. That is, if you painted a dot on the nose, and = watched it from in front while the engine ran, it described about a 1/2" = radius (or 1" diameter) circle, instead of spinning in place. I = complained, and MT agreed to send me a new one. They did not, however, = pay for me to fly to a prop shop, have the prop removed and re-assembled = with the replacement spinner (cost about $350 total). Neither did they = volunteer to pay for the freight to return the defective one to Germany. = So, it has sat here for over two years now, and I'd like to get rid of = it. It may be that with a little tinkering, it can be straightened out = -- but maybe not, I don't know. For this one I'd take 25 bucks plus the shipping cost. The 25 bucks = will just about cover my time to pack it up and drive 60 miles round = trip to drop it off at the nearest UPS depot. No guarantees. I'd hate = to just take it to the landfill. Jim Cameron Legacy N121J (First engine startup today.) ------=_NextPart_000_0007_01C42EF0.5EC4C8C0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Here are a couple of = items=20 hanging around my workshop shelves that I'd like to get rid = of:

Fuel pump for = Continental=20 IO-550-N Funny story on this one. The engine for = my last=20 ES, a normally aspirated model, arrived with a -8 fitting on the fuel = inlet=20 side, instead of the -6 fitting it was supposed to have. At first=20 Continental told me that was impossible, but finally the harrumphed and = simply=20 sent me a whole new fuel pump assembly! Not only that, they never = asked=20 for the original one back. I'm thinking maybe that this = (engine-driven)=20 pump actually belongs on the TSIO-550, but I'm not sure. Anyway, = two years=20 later, it's still here, new in the box, and I have no use for it. = There=20 are part numbers all over it -- I think each piece of the assembly has = its own=20 part number, but there is one that says "634530 Assy", so that's = probably the=20 actual part number for the pump.

Make me an = offer! No=20 reasonable offers refused. Naturally, there is no yellow tag, but = the pump=20 has never been run. I also have several spare gaskets that you = need when=20 you install it. I see rebuilt pumps in TAP for around $300, but = I'd take a=20 fraction of that.

Spinner for = 4-blade MT=20 Prop: The spinner I received with a 4-blade MT prop was = off=20 center. That is, if you painted a dot on the nose, and watched it = from in=20 front while the engine ran, it described about a 1/2" radius (or 1" = diameter)=20 circle, instead of spinning in place. I complained, and MT agreed = to send=20 me a new one. They did not, however, pay for me to fly to a prop = shop,=20 have the prop removed and re-assembled with the replacement spinner = (cost about=20 $350 total). Neither did they volunteer to pay for the freight to = return=20 the defective one to Germany. So, it has sat here for over two = years now,=20 and I'd like to get rid of it. It may be that with a little = tinkering, it=20 can be straightened out -- but maybe not, I don't know.

For this one I'd = take 25 bucks=20 plus the shipping cost. The 25 bucks will just about cover my time = to pack=20 it up and drive 60 miles round trip to drop it off at the nearest UPS=20 depot. No guarantees. I'd hate to just take it to the=20 landfill.

Jim Cameron

Legacy N121J

(First engine startup = today.)

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