X-Virus-Scanned: clean according to Sophos on Logan.com Return-Path: Sender: To: lml@lancaironline.net Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 11:47:13 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from mail-ig0-f176.google.com ([209.85.213.176] verified) by logan.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.0.8) with ESMTPS id 6708030 for lml@lancaironline.net; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:58:33 -0500 Received-SPF: pass receiver=logan.com; client-ip=209.85.213.176; envelope-from=dragonnorth@gmail.com Received: by mail-ig0-f176.google.com with SMTP id j1so15336007iga.3 for ; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 07:57:57 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.42.122.146 with SMTP id n18mr6400976icr.41.1391011076931; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 07:57:56 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Sender: dragonnorth@gmail.com Received: by 10.64.252.233 with HTTP; Wed, 29 Jan 2014 07:57:56 -0800 (PST) X-Original-Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2014 10:57:56 -0500 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 9LjSertWSgSnhiivRQtSb3if3rI X-Original-Message-ID: Subject: IV-P engine Mounts From: Michael Newman X-Original-To: Lancair Mailing List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=20cf3011d9b91e85ad04f11e01d8 --20cf3011d9b91e85ad04f11e01d8 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 My IV-P is having an extensive rebuild after a hanger fell on it 3 years ago. We are in the final stages (I hope). When the shop started to mount the engine they found the the brand new engine mount was shorter than my original mount. It positioned the engine an inch or two further aft. This caused space conflicts with the battery box and put the spinner just inside the cowling. My kit was a fairly early kit built by Mark Kirchner and completed in 1998. Can anyone offer any insights as to why this might happen? Were there more than on engine mount for the IV-P? Does anyone have CAD drawings for the mount? --20cf3011d9b91e85ad04f11e01d8 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
My IV-P is having an extensive rebuild= after a hanger fell on it 3 years ago.

We are in the final st= ages (I hope).

When the shop started to mount the engine they = found the the brand new engine mount was shorter than my original mount. It= positioned the engine an inch or two further aft. This caused space confli= cts with the battery box and put the spinner just inside the cowling.

My kit was a fairly early kit built by Mark Kirchner and complete= d in 1998.

Can anyone offer any insights as to why this might = happen? Were there more than on engine mount for the IV-P? Does anyone have= CAD drawings for the mount?
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