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OK, just kidding, but check
with me tomorrow :-)
First, I'd like to say that
Dave Leonard is in big trouble. He just HAD to say that everything was
going well with my plane... Today's log pasted below, but no flight
stuff.
Rusty (disgusted when the
only good news is fiberglass)
9-02-04
Glassed the new
inlet ducts today, and it looks like they’re going to come out nice.
Went to the hanger
to try a fuel filter, and needle valve on the MAP line to see if that improved
the idle. Rather than use a fixed
size restrictor, I used the valve, and tried adjusting it for better idle. As far as I could tell, it didn’t make
any difference how far open it was, until it was completely closed, and the
engine tried to die. I’m sure
throttle response would have suffered at the more closed settings, but I wasn’t
testing that, particularly since I couldn’t improve my idle. The filter and
valve had not noticeable (good) effect on the idle, so I went back to the way it
was.
Unfortunately,
or fortunately, depending on how you look at it, the oil cooler (evap core) is now leaking. I guess it’s nice that it happened on
the ground, but pisses me off that it happened at all. The leak is the tank seam at the end of
the tank, which was dented when I got the core. It held for about 30 hours of engine
running time, but I guess that’s all I get. Let this be a warning. Don’t use damaged cores, even if they
seem to hold pressure when you test them.
Fortunately, I have two spares, but unfortunately, one of them is more
dented than the one that’s leaking.
Guess which one I’m using next.
I’ve already got the weather stripping and RTV on it for tomorrow, so it
won’t be a huge delay.
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