From: ByronMFox@aol.com
Message-ID: <ee.484c0da.263f00ca@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 11:46:18 EDT
Subject: Re: Hydro pump problem
To: dfs@gateway.net, lancair.list@olsusa.com
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In a message dated 4/30/00 6:23:13 PM Pacific Daylight Time, dfs@gateway.net 
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This past winter, I noticed that my hydraulic pump was taking 30+ seconds to 
recharge the downside after sitting for a week. Because the builder (not I) 
had installed a convenient access panel adjacent to the pump, I checked the 
hydraulic fluid level and discovered that the fluid was badly contaminated.  
Obviously, this triggered a decision to overhaul the system.

The pump went back to Oildyne. They turned it around in a week for an 
overhaul cost of $80 including shipping and a pretty new reservoir.  I 
flushed the lines and replaced the O-rings in the actuators.  Because I 
screwed up one of the pressure sensors in the course of removing them, I 
decided to replace them both with the newer design. 

Now, I'll grant you that this was a shotgun solution, but for $250 and the 
little time it took it was well worth the effort. Also, I'm now on intimate 
terms with the hydraulic system. As a non-builder, that's essential.

Byron Fox
LNC2
N3144C
Mill Valley, CA
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