X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Tue, 28 Mar 2006 12:49:19 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from imo-m21.mx.aol.com ([64.12.137.2] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.0.9) with ESMTP id 1050166 for lml@lancaironline.net; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:30:49 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=64.12.137.2; envelope-from=Sky2high@aol.com Received: from Sky2high@aol.com by imo-m21.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v38_r7.3.) id q.2db.56ab5de (1320) for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:30:02 -0500 (EST) From: Sky2high@aol.com X-Original-Message-ID: <2db.56ab5de.315a15ca@aol.com> X-Original-Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 23:30:02 EST Subject: Re: [LML] IVP Turbine Nose Gear X-Original-To: lml@lancaironline.net MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="-----------------------------1143520202" X-Mailer: 9.0 Security Edition for Windows sub 5300 X-Spam-Flag: NO -------------------------------1143520202 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit In a message dated 3/27/2006 10:11:32 P.M. Central Standard Time, andycruce@bigfoot.com writes: My nose gear needed to be recharged and I had an A&P help me do it. We used Nitrogen and followed the Lancair recommendation as to how much strut should be showing when the gear was fully charged. Several days later when I went on a trip everything looked OK. Upon landing on the first leg of the trip I noticed lubricant that appeared to be leaking from the top safety wired bolt on the strut. The lubricant was clear with grey or black particles in it. The strut appeared to still be fully charged. The trip had 4 stops and at each of the four, with the exception of the last, there was more lubricant leaking. Also, the strut began to loose some of its charge. By the last stop there was no longer any lubricant leaking and the strut had discharged to the point where about 1" rather than 3" of the strut was showing. I assume this indicates blown seals in the strut. Is this something an A&P shop could repair? How big a job is it? Any other suggestions? Andy, Other suggestion - Call Lancair 541-923-2244 Grayhawk -------------------------------1143520202 Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

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Other suggestion - Call Lancair 541-923-2244

Grayhawk

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