X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Mon, 22 Aug 2005 07:12:09 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [64.174.4.76] (account kirk@direct2avionics.com) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro IMAP 5.0c1) with XMIT id 677095 for lml@lancaironline.net; Sun, 21 Aug 2005 21:34:49 -0400 Subject: Bad Gear Down switch X-Original-Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:15:46 -0700 X-Original-Message-Id: MIME-Version: 1.0 Thread-Topic: Bad Gear Down switch Priority: Normal Importance: normal X-MSMail-Priority: normal X-Priority: 3 Sensitivity: Normal Thread-Index: AcWmneENJVSEDswpT/6Sv6XuRs6jmw== From: "Kirk Hammersmith" X-Original-To: "lml@lancaironline.net" X-MAPI-LastModified: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 15:15:46 -0700 X-Mailer: CommuniGate Pro MAPI Connector 1.1.19/1.1.25 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_6334_00018467.00000041" ------_=_NextPart_6334_00018467.00000041 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Barry, I haven't seen a gear switch go bad, but that doesn't mean they haven't or can't. More likely, it is the gear down relay. Check orientation of the relay (is it operating up/down or side-to-side) and mounting location. Those relays should be mounted so the mechanism inside moves up/down. If I remember correctly on your Legacy, they are on the engine side of the firewall. Check for corrosion or replace. Also check the crimp and connections to the relay and at the pump. Also check connection at the gear switch itself. The switch is easy to check on the ground with a volt meter. My money is on the gear down relay. Kirk Hammersmith Direct-To Avionics N411DT Turbocharged ES ------_=_NextPart_6334_00018467.00000041 Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Barry,

 

I haven’t seen a gear switch go bad, but that doesn’t m= ean they haven’t or can’t.  More likely, it is the gear down relay.  Check orientation of the relay (is it operating up/down or side-to-side) and mounting location.  Those relays should be mounted s= o the mechanism inside moves up/down.  If I remember correctly on your Legacy, they are on the engine side of the firewall.  Check for corros= ion or replace.  Also check the crimp and connections to the relay and at the pump.  Also check connection at the gear switch itself.  The swit= ch is easy to check on the ground with a volt meter.<= /tt>

 

My money is on the gear down relay.

 

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