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Larry:
We
thought about the cable being the problem... it is pretty taught. It
originally was just Adel-clamped to the forward-most pushrod tube! You
could move it fore and aft about 1/4"! The A&P fabricated a bracket
that is attached to the governor. The business end of the cable is now
clamped to that bracket with the proper cable-end clamp. The cable sheath
cannot be moved. But I guess it's still possible that the sheath is
stretching as the engine torques counter-clockwise (left side down) and as is
pulled out and down by the prop load. I can see how there could easily be
several 1/10ths of an inch (or more!) of displacement that could have the effect
of shortening the control cable. We'll have to take a closer look at
that!
Re
some obstruction in the oil lines, every oil passage in the engine should have
been cleaned out when the case was sent out to be inspected for damage from the
prop strike. When we got it back it had obviously been through a thorough
cleaning. The governor was newly overhauled and the prop was brand
new. Seems to me all oil passages should have been wide
open.
Lee
BTW: S'n'F just doesn't fit in my schedule, but I WILL be
going to Suffolk!
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